Mustafa Suleyman
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| Born | August 1984 London, England |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Mansfield College (Oxford) |
| Interests | AI |
Mustafa Suleyman attended the Bilderberg for the first time in 2019, an unusually young age at which to attend the conference. He was co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind, an AI company acquired by Google. He then became CEO of Microsoft AI.
Career
At 19, Suleyman dropped out of Mansfield College, Oxford to help start the Muslim Youth Helpline, a telephone counselling service. The organisation became one of the largest mental health support services of its kind in the UK.
Suleyman subsequently worked as a policy officer on human rights for then Mayor of London Ken Livingstone before going on to start Reos Partners,[1] a "systemic change" consultancy that uses methods from conflict resolution to navigate social problems. As a negotiator and facilitator, Mustafa worked for a wide range of clients such as the UN, the Dutch Government, and WWF.[2]
Suleyman co-founded DeepMind Technologies, a leading AI company and became its Chief Product Officer. When DeepMind was bought by Google in 2014 Suleyman was appointed Head of Applied AI at DeepMind.[3]
Since June 2019, Suleyman has sat on the board of The Economist Group, which publishes The Economist newspaper.[4]