Guy Laliberté, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Guy Laliberté

Canadian businessman

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1959

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Profession: astronaut, entrepreneur, musician, poker player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Guy Laliberté, (born 2 September 1959) is a Canadian billionaire businessman, and poker player.
Along with Gilles Ste-Croix, he is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil.
With an estimated net worth of US$1.37 billion (as of January 2018), Laliberté was ranked by Forbes as the 11th wealthiest Canadian.Following an announcement from Cirque du Soleil in April 2015 concerning a change in ownership, Laliberté will maintain a stake in the business and will continue to provide strategic and creative input to the company.Starting out busking as an accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater, in 1984 Laliberté founded Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian circus company whose shows have since been seen by more than 90 million people worldwide.
In 2006, Laliberté was named the Ernst & Young Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year.He was arrested in Tahiti for cannabis in November 2019.
His company says it is grown for medical and personal use, and is not sold..