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| Formation | 1978 |
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| Founder | Richard Canty, Ronald Hoeflin, Kevin Langdon, Ronald Penner, Edgar Van Vleck |
| Type | High IQ society |
| 27-5473103[1] | |
| Membership | ≈ 1,900[2] |
Official language | English |
Regent | Steve Condie |
| Website | triplenine |
The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is an international high-IQ society for adults whose score on a standardized test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population.[3][4][5] The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.[6] TNS was founded in 1978, and, as of 2025[update], reports a member base of over 1,900 people in 53 US jurisdictions and 39 countries.[2] Since 2010, the organization has been a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA.[7]
- ^ "Triple Nine Society". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "What is TNS?". Triple Nine Society. 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ Groeger, Lena (January 2015). "When High IQs Hang Out". Scientific American. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Cox, Jack (June 20, 2005). "Smarter than 99.9% of the rest of us". The Denver Post. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Collins, Terry (December 12, 2014). "Luke Millanta has become a member of the world's IQ elite after joining Mensa". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Test Scores". Triple Nine Society. 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Triple Nine Society". Clerk's Information System. Virginia State Corporation Commission. Retrieved July 7, 2024.