Jim Balsillie, tall and lean, managed the finances. Mike Lazaridis, shorter and stocky, was the geek--having spent a childhood summer reading every science book available at his local library ...

A little over a year since stepping down as co-CEO of Research in Motion, Mike Lazaridis announced following the company’s first quarter earnings report that he plans to leave his position as ...

During its quarterly earnings call this morning, the newly-christened BlackBerry announced that Mike Lazaridis will retire as vice chairman and director of the Canadian company on May 1.

Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian businessman widely recognized as the co-founder of BlackBerry, which manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld devices. In 1999, he received an Academy Award for ...

A voracious reader from an early age, Lazaridis won a prize at the Windsor Public Library at age 12 for reading every single science book in the library, Johnston says. "It's clear that Mike was a ...

Or the beginning of the end. Last April, Mike Lazaridis sat in a BBC studio, holding his company’s future in his hands: a svelte seven-inch tablet, black, with the word “BlackBerry ...

Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis and Matt Johnson as Doug Fregin in "Blackberry." Credit: IFC Films In 1996, Doug (Johnson) and Mike (Jay Baruchel in a glistening silver wig) tumbled into a meeting ...

We’ve gotten so many Steve Jobs movies, it’s about time Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie got their due. We’ve gotten so many Steve Jobs movies, it’s about time Mike Lazaridis and Jim ...

Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis and Glenn Howerton as Jim Balsillie in ‘BlackBerry.’. Photo: Courtesy IFC Films Few products in history have soared and crashed as spectacularly as the BlackBerry.