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Bertie Gladwin was 91 when he graduated with distinction with a Masters degree in military intelligence. Having left school at 14, Gladwin started his studies after retiring in the 1980s to keep his mind active and has since completed three degrees. The tech world is obsessed by the wunderkind, the boy genius who discovers a new way to delight, engage and amaze, and becomes richer than Scrooge McDuck before they turn 26. It can make anyone old bloke in their late thirties (or early forties) feel a little worried about her own chances of ever becoming wealthy enough to buy …