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James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) 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$19.9billion (equivalent to $26.6billion in 2023) in annual sales.[2]
Since leaving Blackberry in 2012,[3] Balsillie has taken up a number of roles in Canadian business and society. He is the founder of the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, the Centre for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI) think tank, and serves as chair of the Canadian Council of Innovators.[4]
^"Jim Balsillie" (PDF). Waterloo Public Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^Borgeaud, Alexandra (January 30, 2024). "Blackberry/RIM's revenue from fiscal year 2004 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)". Statista. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^Brown, Abram. "Both BlackBerry Founders Are Gone Now. Could Either Become A Billionaire Again?". Forbes. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
^Lornic, John (April 23, 2019). "Jim Balsillie has emerged from retirement with a mission to save Canada's tech sector". McLeans. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
Innovators. JimBalsillie was born in 1961 in Seaforth, Ontario to Raymond Balsillie, an electronics technician at Ontario Hydro, and Laurel Balsillie. The family...
Lazaridis and JimBalsillie". HistoryvsHollywood.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023. Friend, David (April 20, 2023). "Hold the phone: JimBalsillie sets the record...
Balsillie may refer to: James Laurence "Jim" Balsillie (Canadian businessman and philanthropist) John Graeme "Graeme" Balsillie (pioneer of wireless telegraphy...
and JimBalsillie immediately offered a rumoured $212.5 million US, while stating he wanted to move the franchise to southwestern Ontario. Balsillie applied...
executives, co-CEOs JimBalsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Furthermore, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) pushed for Balsillie to pay the bulk of any...
series Velma (2023–present). He received acclaim for his portrayal of JimBalsillie in the film BlackBerry (2023). Glenn Franklin Howerton III was born...
sales in July 2011. In January 2012, Heins was named to succeed co-CEOs JimBalsillie and Mike Lazaridis as president and CEO. During his time as CEO, the...
new arena is Balsillie's lasting legacy in Pittsburgh". Toronto Sun. Retrieved May 9, 2009. "Penguins say Canadian businessman JimBalsillie has withdrawn...
partnership was announced in 2007 when Blackberry co-CEO and CIGI Founder JimBalsillie donated $50 million to the initiative. Wilfrid Laurier University and...
criticisms of Apple. On Research In Motion's official BlackBerry blog, JimBalsillie introduced a blog post by saying "For those of us who live outside of...
an agreement to sell the team to JimBalsillie for $220 million, but he withdrew from the agreement after Balsillie started season ticket advertising...
Baruchel and Glenn Howerton in the principal roles of Lazaridis and JimBalsillie respectively, with writer/director Johnson portraying Doug Fregin. In...
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced a plan to sell the club to JimBalsillie. Moyes also filed a lawsuit against the NHL, alleging the league was...
to purchase. Moyes intended to sell the team to Canadian billionaire JimBalsillie, who intended to purchase the team out of bankruptcy and move it to...
Mail. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-02. "JimBalsillie resigns amid poor RIM results – Business – CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved...
Trust of Canada, and sponsored by technology investor JimBalsillie. Donner Prize "JimBalsillie backs new Writers’ Trust prize for public-policy books"...
also portrayed by Canadian actor Evan Buliung during a phone call with JimBalsillie, played by Glen Howerton. "Person of the Year: Stan Sigman - RCR Wireless...
2007 to interests that would have moved the team to Hamilton, Ontario. JimBalsillie accused Bettman of forcing the Predators to end negotiations with him...
Reinsdorf. Moyes intended to sell the team to Canadian billionaire JimBalsillie, who in turn intended to purchase the team out of bankruptcy and move...
2007 to interests that would have moved the team to Hamilton, Ontario. JimBalsillie accused Bettman of forcing the Predators to end negotiations with him...
potential move, although it never drew the amount of opposition that JimBalsillie's similar efforts have provoked, never happened, and True North Sports...
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