She detasseled corn for $1 an hour at 14. Now she’s Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec—and says being an immigrant’s daughter made her a natural ‘first’
- Posted on August 12, 2026
- By Fortune
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She detasseled corn for $1 an hour at 14. Now she’s Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec—and says being an immigrant’s daughter made her a natural ‘first’
Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim had no AI pedigree—she started out with a $1 cornfield job, immigrant parents, and a habit of taking risks others missed.
