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Mar 14, 1961 Istanbul, Turkey 63 years old
Canadian businessman
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About Mike Lazaridis
- Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis, OC, O.Ont, FRS (Greek: ???a?? (???????) ?a?a??d??; born March 14, 1961) is a Greek-Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and founder of BlackBerry, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
- Lazaridis served in various positions including Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of BlackBerry from 1984 to 2012 and Board Vice Chair and Chair of the Innovation Committee from 2012 to 2013.
- As a passionate advocate for the power of basic science to improve and transform the world, he co-founded Quantum Valley Investments in March 2013 with childhood friend and BlackBerry co-founder Douglas Fregin to provide financial and intellectual capital for the further development and commercialization of breakthroughs in quantum information science.
- In 1999 he founded Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he also serves as Board Chair.
- In 2002, he founded the Institute for Quantum Computing.
- He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- With an estimated net worth of US$800 million (as of June 2011), Lazaridis was ranked by Forbes as the 17th wealthiest Canadian and 651st in the world.
