Mike Lazaridis
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Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis, O.Ont, FRS, is a Greek-Canadian businessman, an early adopter of quantum computation, and the designer of BlackBerry, which invented and manufactured the BlackBerry mobile handheld device.
Lazaridis served as Co-CEO and Co-CEO of BlackBerry from 1984 to 2012, as well as Chairman and Chair of the Innovation Committee from 2012 to 2013.
He co-founded Quantum Valley Investments in March 2013 with childhood friend and BlackBerry co-founder Douglas Fregin to ensure quantitative and intellectual support for the continuing growth and commercialization of quantum information science breakthroughs.
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he also serves as Board Chair, in 1999.
He founded the Institute for Quantum Computing in 2002.
He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Lazaridis was ranked by Forbes as the 17th richest Canadian and 651st in the world, with a net worth of US$800 million (as of June 2011).
Personal, education, and career history
Lazaridis was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Pontic Greek parents Nick and Dorothy Lazaridis, who provided the original lineage to Chios' island. When his family immigrated to Canada in 1966, they settled in Windsor, Ontario. He was five years old. He was given a prize at the Windsor Public Library for reading every science book in the library at age 12.
He began studying electrical engineering at the University of Waterloo in 1979 with a specialization in computer science. Lazaridis responded to a request from GM (GM) to create a network computer control display device in 1984. GM has granted him a job. He dropped out of university the year before graduating, just two months before. Lazaridis, Mike Barnstijn, and Douglas Fregin were able to start Research In Motion thanks to the GM's small government grant and a loan from Lazaridis' parents. One of the company's first accomplishments was the development of barcode technology for film. RIM slowed the profits from wireless data transmission development, eventually leading to the introduction of the BlackBerry mobile phone device in 1999 and its more popular version in 2002.
Both Lazaridis and his companion Ophelia have been lauded for their philanthropic efforts in the Waterloo area.