For years, the Montessori system of education has churned out one famous achiever after another across diverse fields – Larry Page and Sergey Brin (founders of Google), Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon), Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Nobel Prize winner for Literature), Julia Child (author, chef, TV show host), Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (singer), George Clooney (actor), Will Wright (video game pioneer), Anne Frank (author, diarist from WW II), Peter Drucker (management guru), Joshua Bell (American violinist), Katherine Graham (former owner-editor of The Washington Post) – and many others.

What is it about the Montessori system that helped these personalities achieve global recognition? More importantly, what about the Montessori system helped these personalities shape their lives in a manner that helped not just themselves but the world they lived in as well?

The Montessori basic focus is teaching a child how to be a better individual and contribute to the world he lives in –The Eight Intelligences.