# Geek Origins — Geeks Around Globe

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- [Is Usain Bolt Still the Same Speed-Obsessed Geek He Was as a Kid?](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/is-usain-bolt-still-the-same-geek): Before he broke world records, Usain Bolt was just a mischievous kid racing barefoot through the streets. But has anything really changed since then?
- [Is Beyoncé Still the Same Geek She Was as a Kid? How an Early Obsession Built a Global Icon](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/is-beyonce-still-the-same-geek-from-childhood): She wasn’t just a child with talent. She was a kid who ran miles while singing and rehearsed until midnight, all to chase a dream she never let go of.
- [How Geeking on Books Turned Mark Cuban Into a Billion-Dollar Trend Spotter](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/how-geeking-on-books-turned-mark-cuban-into-a-billion-dollar-trend-spotter): Mark Cuban reads for hours every day, and it may be his biggest business secret.
- [Did James Cameron’s early geeky obsession shape his success, and does he still follow it today?](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/did-james-camerons-early-geeky-obsession-shape-his-success-and-does-he-still-follow-it-today): Before James Cameron made billion-dollar blockbusters, he was just a kid building submarines out of cardboard and dreaming of alien worlds. Some dreams never fade.
- [Steve Wozniak: Still the Same Geek or a New Kind of Innovator?](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/steve-wozniak-still-the-same-geek-or-a-new-kind-of-innovator): From hacking phone lines as a teen to mapping space debris today, Steve Wozniak’s story proves a true geek never really grows up.
- [How Playing Basketball as a Kid Turned Mark Cuban Into a Billionaire](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/how-playing-basketball-as-a-kid-turned-mark-cuban-into-a-billionaire): Mark Cuban didn’t just love basketball. He turned that childhood obsession into a billion-dollar streaming empire.
- [Is Shigeru Miyamoto Still the Same Geek Who Explored Caves as a Kid?](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/is-shigeru-miyamoto-still-the-same-geek-who-explored-caves-as-a-kid): What if the man behind Mario and Zelda never really grew up, but instead turned his childhood adventures into billion-dollar playgrounds?
- [How Teaching Himself to Code Helped Mark Cuban Build a Billion Dollar Streaming Empire](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/how-teaching-himself-to-code-helped-mark-cuban-build-a-billion-dollar-streaming-empire): Mark Cuban did not invent the internet, but he sure learned how to use it better than almost anyone else.
- [How Becoming a Geek in BASIC Earned 12 Year-Old Elon Musk His First $500](https://geeksaroundglobe.com/how-learning-to-code-at-12-helped-elon-musk-become-the-richest-man): Elon Musk’s journey to billions started with a single geek move: coding a game in BASIC at 12 and selling it for $500.

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