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Mike Lazaridis

Founder and Executive

Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion, now BlackBerry Limited, the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. While still a student at the University of Waterloo he responded to a 1984 call for proposals from General Motors, and after winning a GM contract he left university and, with Mike Barnstijn and Douglas Fregin, launched Research in Motion. The firm first developed an award-winning barcode technology for the film industry and then used those profits to research wireless data transmission. He later became a major supporter of Canadian academic physics and an investor in quantum computing technologies.

Facts
Birth Year
1961 1
Connections

Associated With

Information Technology Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia: Mike Lazaridis

Companies Founded

BlackBerry Limited, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: BlackBerry Limited

Companies Led

BlackBerry Limited, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: BlackBerry Limited
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Nationality

Canada

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1. Wikipedia: Mike Lazaridis
  • Lead: birth-year
    Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Limited), the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
  • Associated With: Information Technology Industry, Lead: associated industry
    Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Limited), the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
  • In Group: Company Founders and Co-founders, Lead section
    Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Limited), the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
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Wikipedia: BlackBerry Limited
  • Companies Founded: BlackBerry Limited, Infobox: founders
    Mike Lazaridis, Douglas Fregin
  • Companies Led: BlackBerry Limited, Article body: led-by
    On January 22, 2012, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie resigned as the CEOs of the company, handing the reins over to executive Thorsten Heins.
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