Jim Balsillie

Businessperson, Organization founder

1961 –

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Who is Jim Balsillie?

James Laurence "Jim" Balsillie is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and co-founder and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canadian International Council and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Following his retirement as co-CEO of RIM in January 2012, Balsillie assumed a director role on RIM's Board of Directors. In March 2012, he resigned from the Board due to strategic differences with RIM's new leader and CEO, Thorsten Heins, who abandoned the licensing strategy that Balsillie was pursuing. He served as a member of the United Nations' Panel on Global Sustainability until 2012. In June 2013, the Government of Canada appointed Balsillie as the Chair of Sustainable Development Technologies Canada.

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Born
Feb 3, 1961
Seaforth, Ontario
Spouses
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • Master's Degree, Harvard Business School
    Business Administration
  • Bachelor's degree, University of Toronto
    Commerce
  • Peterborough Collegiate
  • Harvard University
  • University of Trinity College
Employment
  • Chief Executive Officer, BlackBerry Ltd
    ( - 2007/03/05)
  • Board of directors, BlackBerry Ltd
    ( - 2012/03/29)
Lived in
  • Waterloo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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