Young Computer Prodigies

In 2004, at the age of 9, Arfa Karim was the youngest person to become a Microsoft Certified Professional and was invited by the legend himself — Bill Gates — to visit Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA.

The young Pakistani software developer unfortunately suffered from an epileptic seizure, which left her in a coma, and passed away in January 2012 at age 16. A technology park in Lahore, Pakistan, was dedicated in her name.