Michael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984) is an American college teaching assistant and game show contestant.
According to psychology professor,[clarification needed] Kearney was helped to adjust well to his surroundings by his parents' determination, and the "take-on-the-world" attitude they passed down to him.
At the time, Kearney was the world's youngest postgraduate (the master's degree record was since broken in 1999 by Tathagat Avatar Tulsi).
In 1996, the family moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee,[8] and Kearney attended Vanderbilt University, taking classes and, by age fourteen,[12] teaching as well (he was not yet legally able to drive).
In November 2006, in front of a national audience on Entertainment Tonight, he went on to win the grand prize of an additional $1 million.
He was also a contestant on Million Dollar Password which aired on June 14, 2009, but he did not pass the elimination round (losing the tiebreaker).