Mike Lazaridis

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Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of BlackBerry and a major philanthropist supporting theoretical physics research.

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instanceOf entrepreneur
human
awardReceived IEEE Canada McNaughton Medal NERFINISHED
Order of Canada
Order of Ontario NERFINISHED
coFounded BlackBerry Limited NERFINISHED
Research In Motion NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
Greece
dateOfBirth 1961-03-14
donatedTo Institute for Quantum Computing NERFINISHED
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics NERFINISHED
University of Waterloo NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Waterloo NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Greek
familyName Lazaridis NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork mobile computing
theoretical physics philanthropy
wireless communications
founded Institute for Quantum Computing NERFINISHED
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics NERFINISHED
givenName Mike NERFINISHED
hasEmployer BlackBerry Limited NERFINISHED
Research In Motion NERFINISHED
influenced mobile email technology
smartphone industry
knownFor co-founding BlackBerry Limited
developing BlackBerry smartphone
supporting theoretical physics research
memberOf Order of Canada NERFINISHED
Order of Ontario NERFINISHED
name Mihal Lazaridis NERFINISHED
netWorth billionaire (approximate, fluctuating)
notableWork BlackBerry wireless email device NERFINISHED
investment in quantum information science
occupation businessperson
electrical engineer
inventor
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Istanbul, Turkey NERFINISHED
positionHeld co-CEO of Research In Motion
president of Research In Motion
vice-chairman of BlackBerry board of directors
religion Greek Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
residence Waterloo, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED

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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (affiliated) foundedBy Mike Lazaridis
subject surface form: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
BlackBerry Limited foundedBy Mike Lazaridis