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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
Born1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)[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 edit

Ibrahim's parents immigrated to the Unites 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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. 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. 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. 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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