Guy Laliberté

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Guy Laliberté
Laliberté at the $25,000 World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Championship
Born (1959-09-02) 2 September 1959 (age 64)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder of Cirque du Soleil
Political partyRhinoceros (1980)
SpouseRizia Moreira (ex de facto spouse)
PartnerClaudia Barilla (girlfriend)
Children5
Template:Infobox poker player
Space career
Space Adventures Tourist
Time in space
10d 21h 17m
MissionsSoyuz TMA-16 / TMA-14

Guy Laliberté, OC CQ (born 2 September 1959) is a Canadian billionaire businessman, and poker player. He is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil. In January 2018, Laliberté was ranked by Forbes as the 11th wealthiest Canadian.[2] In September 2009, he became the first Canadian space tourist.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Forbes Guy Laliberte – Forbes Forbes.com. Accessed June 2020.
  2. "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. "Biography Guy Laliberté". Cirque du Soleil. Archived from the original on 2011-05-08.