Esther Okade started university at the age of 10
Esther Okade
At age 10, this British Nigerian became one of UK’s youngest university student when she started studying Maths degree at the Open University in 2015. She said at the time that she would love to finish the course in two years and proceed to do her PhD in financial maths when she is 13.
“I want to have my own bank by the time I’m 15 because I like numbers and I like people, and banking is a great way to help people,” she was quoted by news site CNN.
Okade has always been ahead of her peers in school. She developed a flair for figures right after she began homeschooling at the age of three. By four, she had moved to algebra and quadratic equations. The Maths genius at the time also began writing a series of maths workbooks for children.
