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  1. Dec 5, 2023 · Mike Lazaridis resigned as co-CEO of RIM in 2012, followed by the rapid collapse of BlackBerry. After leaving BlackBerry, Lazaridis founded an investment company and has been involved in philanthropy and supporting researchers in the industry.

    • Colin Mccormick
  2. Father of what has become known as the smartphone, Mike Lazaridis is recognized in the global wireless community as a visionary, innovator and engineer of extraordinary talent. He is the founder of RIM and the creator of the BlackBerry.

  3. May 9, 2023 · Mike Lazairidis and Jim Balsillie launched the BlackBerry smartphone but couldn’t keep up in a changing market. The new film “BlackBerry” tells their story.

    • colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
    • Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
  4. May 8, 2023 · The true story reveals that the company that made the BlackBerry smartphone, Research in Motion (RIM), was founded by childhood friends Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin in 1984. They were both engineering students at the time, Mike at the University of Waterloo and Doug at the University of Windsor.

  5. Feb 21, 2012 · Less than a year after he walked out of the BBC interview, Mike Lazaridis, along with Jim Balsillie, stepped down as CEO of Research In Motion, the company he'd founded 27 years earlier.

  6. Mar 28, 2013 · The company also revealed its co-founder and long time steward, Mike Lazaridis, would be retiring from the company he helped found with partner Jim Balsillie in 1984. BlackBerry stock surged more than 6% after markets opened, to a high of $15.55, before stabilizing closer to $15.

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  8. May 10, 2023 · Unlike any of those biopics, “BlackBerry” is told as a dark comedy revolving around two amiable but bumbling nerds, Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who can’t seem to execute their plan to...

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