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Demis Hassabis

Co-founder of DeepMind and Nobel laureate for AlphaFold

27 July 1976 United Kingdom Verified by our editors
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Sir Demis Hassabis is a British AI researcher who co-founded DeepMind, whose AlphaGo beat the world Go champion and whose AlphaFold predicted the structure of almost all known proteins. He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is chairman of Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s chief scientist and CEO of Isomorphic Labs.

Biography

Prodigy

Hassabis, of Greek Cypriot and Chinese Singaporean heritage, was a chess master at 13. At 17 he co-designed the hit game Theme Park at Bullfrog Productions. He studied computer science at Cambridge and founded the games studio Elixir.

Neuroscience

He earned a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at University College London, studying memory and imagination.

DeepMind

In 2010 he co-founded DeepMind with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman; Google bought it in 2014. AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol in 2016, and AlphaFold (2020) solved the protein-folding problem.

Nobel Prize and Google DeepMind

He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Jumper and David Baker and was knighted. He led Google DeepMind and the Gemini models, and became its chairman and Alphabet’s chief scientist. He also runs the drug-discovery company Isomorphic Labs.

Timeline

  1. 1976

    Born in London, England

  2. 1994

    Theme Park released

  3. 2009

    PhD from UCL

  4. 2010

    Co-founds DeepMind

  5. 2014

    Google buys DeepMind

  6. 2016

    AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol

  7. 2020

    AlphaFold 2

  8. 2024

    Nobel Prize; knighted

Notable works

  • 1994

    Theme Park Video game

    Co-designer.

  • 2020

    AlphaFold AI system

    DeepMind team.

Awards and honours

  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    2023

  • Lasker Award

    2023

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    2024

Did you know?

  1. 1

    He was the second-highest-rated under-14 chess player in the world.

  2. 2

    Time named him among the “Architects of AI” in 2025.

  3. 3

    He has said AI could help cure all diseases.

Connections

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Also born on 27 July

Frequently asked

Who is Demis Hassabis?

Sir Demis Hassabis is a British AI researcher who co-founded DeepMind, whose AlphaGo beat the world Go champion and whose AlphaFold predicted the structure of almost all known proteins. He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is chairman of Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s chief scientist and CEO of Isomorphic Labs.

How old is Demis Hassabis?

Demis Hassabis is 50 years old, born on 27 July 1976 in London, England.

Where is Demis Hassabis from?

Demis Hassabis was born in London, England.

What is Demis Hassabis known for?

Demis Hassabis is best known for Co-founding DeepMind (2010); AlphaGo; AlphaFold; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024; Isomorphic Labs.

What awards has Demis Hassabis received?

Notable honours include Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2023), Lasker Award (2023), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024).

References

  1. Demis Hassabis — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  2. Demis Hassabis — IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  3. Demis Hassabis — Nobel Prize facts. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  4. Demis Hassabis (Q3022141) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.

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