Demis Hassabis
DeepMindA chess prodigy turned tech disruptor, Demis built DeepMind to solve pernicious problems with AI, winning the Nobel Prize for his protein-cracking algorithms. He hopes to use AI to crack every global disease within a decade.
London, England
Interests
Bio
Sir Demis Hassabis is an artificial intelligence researcher, entrepreneur, and Nobel Laureate.
Demis is the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind. DeepMind, one of the world’s leading AI companies, was founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in January 2014, and is now central to Google’s AI efforts. DeepMind has achieved numerous landmark AI breakthroughs such as AlphaGo, the first program to beat the world champion at the game of Go, and AlphaFold, which solved the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction by accurately predicting the 3D shape of proteins, critical for disease understanding and drug discovery.
Demis has won many prestigious international awards for his research work including the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for protein structure prediction. His work has been cited over 200,000 times, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2024, Demis was awarded a knighthood for services to Artificial Intelligence, and in both 2017 and 2025 Demis featured in the Time 100 list of most influential people.
Impact
2M+
Researchers using AlphaFold
200,000+
Citations on Google Scholar
2
Appearances on the TIME100 list
4
Sectors operated in
3
Companies Founded
7,000+
People employed
400M+
Exit value
Life Story
Born & Raised
Demis was born in North London to immigrant parents and grew up in a close-knit family where early interests in games and learning began to take shape.
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London, United Kingdom
GB
Born and educated in North London, Demis earned his PhD at UCL and persuaded Larry Page to keep DeepMind headquartered in London after its acquisition by Google.
Press
MSN
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AI will create new jobs in 5 years...
6th October 2025
Financial Times
DeepMind and OpenAI achieve gold at ‘coding Olympics’ in AI milestone
17th September 2025
Business Insider
The CEO of Google DeepMind warns AI companies not to fall into the ...
15th September 2025
Bloomberg.com
Watch Demis Hassabis: The CEO Working to Solve Cancer With AI
12th September 2025
Bloomberg.com
DeepMind CEO Says AI Could Shorten Drug Discovery From Years to Months
12th September 2025
Business Insider
The CEO of Google DeepMind says one flaw is holding AI back from re...
12th August 2025
India Today
AI godfather warns tech giants are downplaying AI risks, says only Dee
28th July 2025
Mashable India
OpenAI’s Sam Altman And Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Open Up Over
28th July 2025
People Matters - HR News
Will Google’s AI CEO succeed Sundar Pichai as Alphabet’s next leader?
18th July 2025
Business Insider
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is steering Google's AI — and mayb...
14th July 2025
OfficeChai
UK, France And Others Should Create An AI Coalition As Counterweight T
10th July 2025
UCL
French President joins UCL and DeepMind leaders to discuss Franco-Brit
10th July 2025
The Economic Times
Google AI chief Demis Hassabis wants AI to kill email once and for all
8th June 2025
Fortune
Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts
6th June 2025
Business Insider
Google DeepMind CEO says he's not interested in dropping acid
5th June 2025
WIRED
Demis Hassabis Embraces the Future of Work in the Age of AI
4th June 2025
Business Insider
Google's Demis Hassabis says AI will create new 'very valuable jobs...
2nd June 2025
Financial Times
Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky...
30th May 2025
Business Insider
Teens should be training to become AI 'ninjas, ' Google DeepMind CE...
24th May 2025
The New York Times
The Man Who ‘A.G.I.-Pilled’ Google
23rd May 2025
Business Insider
Google DeepMind CEO Tells Students to Brace for Change
7th May 2025
Time
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AI in the Military...
27th April 2025
Time
AI Leaders Debate Progress, Safety, and Global Impact at TIME100
23rd April 2025
CBS News
Artificial intelligence could end disease, lead to radical abundance
20th April 2025
Queens College Cambridge
Sir Demis Hassabis named in the Time100 Most Influential list
17th April 2025
Time
Demis Hassabis Is Preparing for AI's Endgame
16th April 2025
Yahoo
145-page paper predicts AGI will match human skills by 2030
4th April 2025
PR News Wire
Isomorphic Labs announces $600 million funding to further develop its
31st March 2025
Business Insider
Google DeepMind CEO says his passion for chess led to his career in AI
26th March 2025
CNBC
AI that can match humans at any task will be here in five to 10 yea...
17th March 2025
Pymnts.com
Google DeepMind CEO: AI-Designed Drugs May See Trials in 2025
21st January 2025
BBC
Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis shares Nobel Chemistry Prize
9th October 2024
University of Oxford
DeepMind CEO to give lecture on AI's potential for scientific discover
4th May 2022
Media
Career Milestones
Isomorphic Labs
A company focused on using AI for drug discovery, established under Alphabet Inc. as a spin-off from DeepMind.
2021 – Present
DeepMind (now Google DeepMind)
A leading artificial intelligence research laboratory, acquired by Google in 2014 and merged with Google Brain in 2023.
2010 – Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1861. It has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.
Harvard University
A private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States
2009 – 2010
University College London (UCL)
A leading multi-disciplinary university in London, United Kingdom, consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world.
2005 – 2009
Elixir Studios
A UK-based independent games development company founded on 7 July 1998 by Demis Hassabis
1998 – 2005
Lionhead Studios
A British video game developer founded in July 1997 by Peter Molyneux, Mark Webley, Tim Rance, and Steve Jackson. It started as a breakaway from Bullfrog Productions
1997 – 1998
Bullfrog Productions
Bullfrog Productions Limited was a British video game developer based in Guildford, England, and founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar
1993 – 1994
Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
1994 – 1997
Advisory & Mentoring
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
2022 – Present
UK
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
A research funding agency of the UK government, built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs
2022 – Present
UK
UK's Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
2018 – Present
UK
UK's Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
The official artificial intelligence arm of the UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
2018 – Present
UK
Francis Crick Institute Scientific Advisory Board
2016 – Present
London
Francis Crick Institute Scientific Advisory Board
A scientific advisory board advising the Crick’s Director on shaping and implementing scientific strategy.
2016 – Present
London
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