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His Greek parents moved from Turkey to Windsor, Ontario in 1966. In 1980, he enrolled at the University of Waterloo. He dropped out in 1985 shortly before graduation, having been offered a lucrative contract from General Motors for the nascent RIM.
He is married to Ophelia Lazaridis. They have two children.
On October 23, 2000, Lazaridis founded the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics with $100 million of personal funds, along with $10 million contributions from fellow RIM executives Jim BalsillieJim) Balsillie (born 1961?) is an accountant, and chairman and co- CEO of Research In Motion. He received Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from Harvard University in 1989. Philanthropic work In 2000, Balsillie provide and Doug Fregin .
On April 30April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). There are 245 days remaining. Events 313 Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule. 1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commis, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, Lazaridis and his wife together donated $33.3 million to the University of Waterloo for its Institute for Quantum Computing.
He received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from UW, and in June 2003 became its 8th chancellor. He was named Canada's Nation Builder of the Year for 2002 by readers of the Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. The paper was founded as The Globe in 1844 by George Brown, who was later a Father of Confederation. Brown selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotatio newspaper, and has received various other accolades as a result of his financial success and philanthropic efforts.
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