Douglas Fregin is a Canadian businessman who co-founded
BlackBerry Limited
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 ...
(then called Research In Motion) in 1984. Fregin acted as vice-president of operations until his retirement in 2007.
Fregin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by the University of Waterloo on June 19, 2022 for his achievements.
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List of Canadians by net worth
The following list of Canadians by net worth includes the wealthiest Canadian individuals and families as determined by the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' and ''The World's Billionaires'' by ''Forbes''. In addition to Bloomberg and ''Forbes'', t ...
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