Professor Chris O. Imafidon is a world-renowned educator and strategist in the fields of informatics, accelerated learning, and genius mentorship. Often hailed as an “intellectual icon” by CNN and the “patriarch of the world’s smartest family” by the BBC and Sky News, he combines rigorous scholarship with profound belief in every child’s potential.
As the visionary Founder and Chair of the Excellence in Education Programme (Oxford, UK), Professor Imafidon has pioneered transformative educational techniques—ranging from internet-based learning platforms that raised £1 million in the first year, to securing multimillion-pound research grants that broke new ground in computerised learning studies.
His academic influence extends across continents: he lectures and mentors at institutions like Cambridge and London’s premier universities; has held visiting professorships and collaborative roles with Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Georgetown, Oxford (Keble College), and Yale; and supervises PhD candidates at Imperial, UCL, Queen Mary, and more.
Believing firmly that “every human being has a unique way of learning,” Professor Imafidon’s educational model has manifested spectacularly in his family. His children—affectionately dubbed “Britain’s brainiest family”—have shattered academic and Guinness-level records. Notable among them are Anne-Marie, who passed the A-level computing exam at age 11 and earned a master’s from Oxford by age 19, and twins Paula and Peter, who passed advanced Cambridge mathematics exams and entered high school at just nine years old.
A multi-award-winning researcher, he has been featured across over 1,500 global media outlets—spanning BBC, CNN, TIME, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and more—and has twice been invited to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Professor Imafidon’s legacy is one of bold, human-centered innovation: he equips governments, monarchs, and corporate leaders with educational strategies that cultivate genius, redefines potential at every stage of learning, and inspires a global reimagining of how greatness is nurtured. His mission is clear: to transform education so that every child’s brilliance can be discovered, developed, and unleashed.
