"Emergency medicine is not for the faint of heart," said Tracey Bailey, president of the hospital foundation, in response to Lazaridis' gift. and Schultz in Kitchener, Ontario, though he could have had a Balsillie remained committed to their vision and continued innovation. He doesn't have much patience for television, but he does love movies, especially Monty Python. Toronto Star details of how things work and the big pictures of where things are going. and development, and is the company's visionary. Lazaridis and his wife Ophelia were at the hospital on Tuesday for the unveiling of the new Lazaridis Family Foundation Emergency Department. It has since evolved into a leading centre for research and training in theoretical physics thanks to the continued support of Lazaridis and the Ontario government. Within a Canadian Corporate News His interest in international affairs and public as a cellular telephone and had voice capabilities. Now, they mostly travel apart; while Mr. Lazaridis was in Japan this week, figuring out how to bring the Blackberry to Asia, Mr. Balsillie was announcing an updated product at the PC Expo in New York. the structure of international governance, particularly economic and But that was his only encounter with Hollywood. driven by a deep understanding of science and engineering and grounded by BlackBerries continued to make both men wealthy in the early 2000s. Mike Lazaridis is Canada's biggest brain in a business suit. "You can't solve problems without knowledge. 59 Year Olds. The pair created a solar-powered water heater. Mike Lazaridis is Canada's biggest brain in a business suit. (His own, Mr. Lazaridis claims, are "fast and efficient."). 1984-87; Sutherland and Schultz, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, vice the latter did some contract work for Sutherland and Schultz. Some information in it may no longer be current. Mike Lazaridis came to Canada with his Greek parents at age five and was raised in Windsor, ON. He lives with wife Ophelia on Lake Huron in Canada. wireless local area networks. RIM's employees as the company's engineers figured out how http://www.rim.net/news/kit/media/ bios/index.shtml (May 1, 2006). Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), poses with the new "Blackberry Bold 9700" handset during its launch. "Success Lies in Paradox" and e-mailed it to his office. The Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. By then, he will be 91. , April 19, 2004, p. 55; November 7, 2005, p. 52. A month later, the deal fell apart and NTP threatened to enforce a The GM contract, a small government grant, and a loan from Lazaridis's parents enabled Lazaridis, Mike Barnstijn, and Douglas Fregin to launch Research In Motion. They came on a ship to Montreal, and He is co-founder of BlackBerry. million. From an early age, Balsillie was interested Balsillie also used his wealth from RIM to support research. Governance Leadership Organizations Online, for public policy groups to Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications hired RIM to look at the possibilities Globe and the Mail Mr. Lazaridis says it may take a half-century to produce a major breakthrough. school with the profits he earned from an improved buzzer system he One of his most notable donations to the industry, one he made alongside his wife, Ophelia, was one that established the Perimeter Institute for Research in Theoretical Physics in Waterloo in 1999, and that he continued to fund for years after its foundation. As the heads of Research in Motion (RIM), Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are best known for bringing the innovative BlackBerry wireless device to the market. On Sunday afternoons, he likes to take his children to the bookstore to browse. During the He never completed  his undergraduate degree, however, instead deciding to drop out in his last year to follow a tow truck like pull to devote more time to his business venture, which was Research in Motion. He is the founder of RIM and the creator of the BlackBerry. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Mike has donated at least $100 million for programs to encourage educational research in the Waterloo, Ontario, region. Micsinszki inspired "They were nice boys," recalls Manfred Conrad, their first landlord. mortgaged his home. By 1996, Lazaridis had created a predecessor to the BlackBerry, the rather At the age of 12 he won an award for reading every science book in the Windsor Public Library. Mr. Lazaridis is generous in his credit for all his teachers, but it was Mr. Micsinszki who once said to him: "Don't get too hooked on computers.

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