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Lila Ibrahim

Lila Ibrahim is an American engineer and businesswoman. She was hired in 2018 as Google DeepMind's first chief operating officer.

Lila Ibrahim
Lila Ibrahim
Born1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[1]
EducationElectronic and Electrical Engineering, 1993
Alma materPurdue University
EmployerGoogle DeepMind

Her previous roles include Chief Operations Officer at Coursera, Senior Operating Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Chief of Staff to Intel CEO and Chairman Craig Barrett.

Early life and education

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Ibrahim's parents immigrated to the United States.[2]

Ibrahim studied electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University.[3] She earned her bachelor's degree in 1993.[4] She was a member of the STEM sorority Phi Sigma Rho.[5]

Career

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Ibrahim started in 1993 at Intel as a design engineer on the Pentium processor.[6] During 18 years at Intel she held various technical, marketing, and leadership positions, including serving as Chief of Staff for Craig Barrett.[7] As of 2010 she sat on the Global Council of Thunderbird School of Global Management.[4]

Ibrahim was appointed Chief of Staff at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2010. Through Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers she began to work with Coursera. Ibrahim was made President of Coursera in 2013, later Chief Business and Operating Officer, and remained there until 2017.[8][9][7] During this time she was appointed to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.[10][11]

In April 2018 Ibrahim was hired as the first Chief Operating Officer of DeepMind.[12][13][1][7]

In 2023 Ibrahim and DeepMind founders Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg signed a Center for AI Safety statement declaring that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."[1][14] According to Time, Ibrahim's duties at DeepMind include the management of that risk.[1]

Recognition

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In 2007, Ibrahim was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.[15] In 2009, she was featured on the cover of ForbesWoman for her role promoting women in technology.[5] In 2010, she was awarded the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact.[6][16] In 2019, Ibrahim was named to Business Insider's list of Most Influential Leaders Shaping Business Tech in the UK[9] and Most Interesting & Impactful Women in Tech in the UK.[17] In 2023, she was included on Time's list of 100 Most Influential People in AI.[1]

Personal life

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Ibrahim is Lebanese-American.[7] She has twin daughters.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Henshall, Will (2023-09-07). "Lila Ibrahim". Time. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  2. ^ Browne, Grace (18 November 2022). "Diverse Teams Are Needed to Save the Planet". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  3. ^ "User Profile - AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network". AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ^ a b "Ms. Lila Ibrahim Liebat". Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University. Archived from the original on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ^ a b "Lila Ibrahim | Phi Sigma Rho". www.phisigmarho.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. ^ a b "Lila Ibrahim - AnitaB.org". AnitaB.org. 2010-10-01. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. ^ a b c d e Murgia, Madhumita (18 July 2021). "DeepMind's Lila Ibrahim: 'It's hard not to go through imposter syndrome'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  8. ^ "Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers". Recode. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  9. ^ a b Hamilton, Isobel Asher; Hanbury, Mary; Wood, Charlie (10 October 2019). "UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  10. ^ "U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces New Members to Serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship". Department of Commerce. 2014-10-14. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  11. ^ "Lila Ibrahim - National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) Board (2014-16) | U.S. Economic Development Administration". www.eda.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  12. ^ "Exclusive: DeepMind hires Lila Ibrahim as first COO". Axios. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  13. ^ "DeepMind Hires Lila Ibrahim as First Chief Operating Officer". Bloomberg.com. 2018-04-11. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  14. ^ "Statement on AI Risk". Center for AI Safety. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  15. ^ "Lila Ibrahim". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  16. ^ AnitaB_org (2010-05-13), Lila Ibrahim 2010 Women of Vision Award Winner for Social Impact, archived from the original on 2019-12-17, retrieved 2018-04-25
  17. ^ "UK Tech 100: The 30 most important, interesting, and impactful women shaping British technology in 2019". Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

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