# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-balsillie
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:35:11.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-balsillie"
name: "Jim Balsillie"
slug: "jim-balsillie"
description: "James Laurence Balsillie is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the former chair and co-chief executive officer of the Canadian technology company Research In Motion (BlackBerry), which at its 2011 peak made US$19.9 billion in annual sales."
tagline: "Canadian businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Balsillie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1961-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.375777333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジム・バルシリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie"
    title: "Jim Balsillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie"
    title: "Jim Balsillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie"
    title: "Jim Balsillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie"
    title: "Jim Balsillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Балсилли, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump