Lazaridis
Lazaridis may refer to: * Kostas Lazaridis, Greek resistance fighter * Prokopios Lazaridis, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop and saint * Mike Lazaridis, founder of Research in Motion * Nikolaos Lazaridis, footballer * Stan Lazaridis, footballer * Stefanos Lazaridis, stage designer See also * 14428 Lazaridis * Lazarides Lazarides is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Apo Lazaridès (1925–1998), French cyclist, brother of Lucien * Lucien Lazaridès (1922–2005), French cyclist * Steve Lazarides (born 1969), English art dealer See also * Laza ...

Mike Lazaridis
Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and founder of BlackBerry, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. With an estimated net worth of US$800 million (as of June 2011), Lazaridis was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 17th wealthiest Canadian and 651st in the world. Lazaridis served in various positions including co-chairman and co-CEO of BlackBerry from 1984 to 2012 and Board Vice Chair and Chair of the Innovation Committee from 2012 to 2013. As a passionate advocate for the power of basic science to improve and transform the world, he co-founded Quantum Valley Investments in March 2013 with childhood friend and BlackBerry co-founder Douglas Fregin to provide financial and intellectual capital for the further development and commercialization of breakthroughs in quantum information science. In 1999 he founded the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he also serve ...
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Stefanos Lazaridis
Stefanos Lazaridis (28 July 1942 – 8 May 2010) was a stage designer, best known for his work in opera. Originally intended for a business career, he studied stage design in London, and was quickly in demand in theatres and opera houses, working with John Copley and other directors. Originally his style was lavish and naturalistic, but he changed to a less traditional style, working with David Pountney and other more avant garde directors at English National Opera and elsewhere. He occasionally directed operas, and was for a short time director of the Greek National Opera. Life and career Lazaridis was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, son of a prosperous expatriate Greek businessman, Nicholas Lazaridis.
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Stan Lazaridis
Stan Lazaridis (born 16 August 1972) is an Australian former footballer. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left back. He last played for his home-town club Perth Glory and made 58 official appearances for Australia and was in the Australian 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. Club career His reputation as a young left-footed teenager began with Olympic Kingsway where, despite his age, he intimidated many a defender with his change of pace. Lazaridis made his senior debut for West Adelaide Hellas in the Australian National Soccer League in the 1992 season. His dribbling ability and pace drew much attention on the Australian scene. At the end of the 1995 season he earned a move to Europe when West Ham manager Harry Redknapp encountered Lazaridis playing for West Adelaide during West Ham's pre-season tour of Australia in May, 1995. Signed for £300,000 a poor debut and consistent injury problems made his debut season difficult when he made only six a ...
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Research In Motion
BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian software company specializing in cybersecurity. Founded in 1984, it was originally known as Research In Motion (RIM). As RIM, it developed the BlackBerry brand of interactive pagers, smartphones, and tablets. It transitioned to a cybersecurity enterprise software and services company under Chief Executive Officer John S. Chen. Its products are used by various businesses, car manufacturers, and government agencies to prevent hacking and ransomware attacks. They include BlackBerry Cylance's artificial intelligence based cyber-security solutions, the BlackBerry AtHoc emergency communication system (ECS) platform; the QNX real-time operating system; and BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager), a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform. BlackBerry was founded in 1984 as Research In Motion by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. In 1992, Lazaridis hired Jim Balsillie, and Lazaridis and Balsillie served as co-CEOs until ...
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Nikolaos Lazaridis
Nikolaos "Nikos" Lazaridis ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Λαζαρίδης; born 12 July 1979) is a retired Greek football player. He is currently team manager for Atromitos. Club career Kozani He made his professional debut in season 2000-2001. He stayed there for three seasons playing in Greece third division championship. Kastoria Lazaridis played for Kastoria for two seasons in the second division championship. He was a member of the team that had stunned PAOK in Greek cup 2003-2004. In 2005, he moved to Panionios. Panionios For the first time he played to Greece's top level championship. Asteras Tripolis He moved to Asteras Tripolis in 2006 and was a basic member for the great success that Arcadia's team have made. The team within three years moved from Third division to Greece Superleague. He was capped plus 100 times before he moved to Aris in the summer of 2010. Aris Aris is the biggest step in his career. For the first time he played to UEFA Europa League w ...
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Prokopios Lazaridis
Prokopios Lazaridis ( el, Προκόπιος Λαζαρίδης, 1859–1923) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, who served as a head in a number of bishoprics during the late Ottoman period. As a bishop of Iconium, modern Konya, in central Anatolia, he was involved with the issue of the creation of the Turkish Orthodox Church. He died in Turkish prison in 1923. He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church as Hieromartyr ( el, ιερομάρτυρας) and his feast day is celebrated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross each year (September 7–13). Life Prokopios Lazaridis was born in Tyana, in Konya Province in 1859. He attended the Halki Seminary in Constantinople (Istanbul) at 1875. In 1899 he became Metropolitan of Dyrrachium (modern Durrës in central Albania), where he developed significant activity among the local Orthodox communities. In 1906 he was installed in the Anatolian city of Philadelphia (Alaşehir, Asia Minor), as the head of the ...
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Kostas Lazaridis
Kostas Lazaridis (1900–1943) was a famous Greek trade unionist. He was a member of Central Committee of Greek Communist Party. Also he was a General Secretary of the worker's section of National Liberation Front (Greece). Early years He was born in 1900 in Iasmos, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. From his youth he became a communist member and took part in several Greek elections. In Metaxas dictatorship he will be a political outlaw. In 1937 he was arrested and went to prison. The dictatorship delivered him along with the others political prisoners to Axis Forces. In the prison of Akronauplia he learned some words from a Slavic dialect, and with the permission of Giannis Ioannides (2nd in KKE ranks) he declared Bulgarian ethnicity in order to get free and reconstruct the Greek communist Party. Axis Occupation He was the secretary of the Workers Committee and also a high-ranked member of KKE. For his activity was shot by Nazis in 1943. Family His wife was sentenced to ...
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14428 Lazaridis
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