About
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.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- 22Founded BlackBerryMarch 7, 1984
- ~53Received the Fellow of the Royal Society2014
Sources
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Sources (2)
- Mike Lazaridis (Q1379779) · Wikidata
- Mike Lazaridis · Wikipedia
Also born on March 14
Notable birthday twins
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