# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-lazaridis
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:56.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-lazaridis"
name: "Mike Lazaridis"
slug: "mike-lazaridis"
description: "Mike Lazaridis, OC, FRS is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Research In Motion, the company that created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. He has gone on to become a major supporter of Canadian academic physics and an investor in quantum computing technologies."
tagline: "Canadian businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr_Mike_Lazaridis_OC_FRS.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: "1961-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.49483733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 155
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3690901/"
    handle:    "nm3690901"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-lazaridis"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "مايك لازاريديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μάικ Λαζαρίδης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridis"
    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایک لازاریدیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridis"
    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Лазаридис, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridis"
    title: "Mike Lazaridis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Майк Лазарідіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مائیک لازاریڈس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%88%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E6%89%8E%E9%87%8C%E8%BF%AA%E6%96%AF"
    title: "迈克·拉扎里迪斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379779"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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