<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind.Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Demis Hassabis <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-ceo-wins-nobel-prize-chemistry-demis-hassabis-2024-10">won the 2024 Nobel Prize</a> for Chemistry.</li><li>Hassabis cofounded DeepMind, which Google acquired in 2014.</li></ul><p>Demis Hassabis, the cofounder of the renowned artificial intelligence lab DeepMind, is recognized worldwide as one of the leading thinkers in his field.</p><p>Hassabis and his fellow DeepMind coworker, John Jumper, were awarded the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-ceo-wins-nobel-prize-chemistry-demis-hassabis-2024-10">2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry</a> for their work on protein structure prediction.</p><p>The achievement follows decades of advancements Hassabis has made in science and technology.</p><p>Nicknamed the "superhero of artificial intelligence" by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/16/demis-hassabis-artificial-intelligence-deepmind-alphago">The Guardian</a> in 2016, Hassabis is a former child chess prodigy with degrees in computer science and cognitive neuroscience from the University of Cambridge and the University College London.</p><p>He founded DeepMind in 2010, which he <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/27/google-acquires-uk-artificial-intelligence-startup-deepmind">sold to Google in 2014</a> in what was Google's largest European acquisition at the time. DeepMind is now focused on applying its algorithms to areas that can benefit humanity, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-sets-up-healthcare-team-acquires-hark-and-builds-new-app-2016-2">including healthcare</a> and climate change.</p><p>Here's a closer look at his life.</p>