enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mike Lazaridis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridis

    Lazaridis was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Pontic Greek parents, Nick and Dorothy Lazaridis with original lineage to the island of Chios. He was five years old when his family moved to Canada in 1966, settling in Windsor, Ontario. [1] At age 12, he won a prize at the Windsor Public Library for reading every science book in the library. [8]

  3. List of people from Windsor, Ontario - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from...

    Mike Lazaridis (born 1961), OC, CEO of Research in Motion, inventor of the BlackBerry; Lou Lefaive (1928–2002), Canadian sports administrator and civil servant [10] Ken Lewenza, Sr. (born 1954), former head of the Canadian Auto Workers; Marion Lewis (born 1925), OC, Canadian medical researcher known for her work on the Rh factor

  4. Lazaridis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaridis

    Lazaridis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (born 1978), Greek classical pianist, composer and mentor; Georgios Lazaridis (born 1983), Greek footballer; Kostas Lazaridis (1900–1943), Greek trade unionist and politician; Mike Lazaridis (born 1961), Canadian businessman; Nico Lazaridis (born 1952 ...

  5. BlackBerry Co-Founder Lazaridis Leaving Board May 1 - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2013-03-28-blackberry-co...

    BlackBerry co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Board Mike Lazaridis will resign from the board on May 1, 2013, the company announced today in its fourth-quarter and year-end fiscal report.

  6. Douglas Fregin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fregin

    RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis, employee Chris Shaw and co-founder Doug Fregin display the Budgie, the company’s first product, at Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener, Ontario, 1984. [ 1 ] Doug Fregin is a Canadian entrepreneur and engineer.

  7. BlackBerry Limited - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Limited

    Logo as Research In Motion, used prior to January 30, 2013. Research In Motion Limited was founded in March 1984 by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. [4] At the time, Lazaridis was an engineering student at the University of Waterloo while Fregin was an engineering student at the University of Windsor. [5]

  8. Jay Baruchel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Baruchel

    Baruchel had a lead role as BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis in the film BlackBerry (2023). He has also had non-comedic lead roles in films such as Good Neighbours (2010), The Kindness of Strangers (2019), and Humane (2024), and supporting roles in Million Dollar Baby (2004), Cosmopolis (2012), and RoboCop (2014).

  9. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute_for...

    In 1999, Howard Burton—who had a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Waterloo—emailed Mike Lazaridis along with 20 CEOs in an attempt to leave his Wall Street job. [9]: 118 Lazaridis then pitched the idea of the Perimeter Institute to Burton as he wanted to use his BlackBerry wealth for a philanthropic endeavour.