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My Take
Guy Laliberte is the rare entrepreneur whose product was wonder itself. Co-founding Cirque du Soleil in 1984 with Gilles Ste-Croix, he turned a troupe of Quebec street performers into a global spectacle seen by over 90 million people, and built a billionaire fortune doing it. I admire that he reinvented the circus by stripping out the animals and leaning entirely into human artistry, music and theatre. The honors stacked up too: the Order of Canada, the National Order of Quebec, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. He even flew to space as a tourist. To me he's proof that creative vision and hard business sense aren't opposites.
Overview
Guy Laliberté (French pronunciation: [ɡi lalibɛʁte]; born 2 September 1959) is a Québécois billionaire businessman and poker player. Along with Gilles Ste-Croix, he is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, which was founded in 1984. The Canadian circus company's shows have since been seen by more than 90 million people worldwide.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Guy Laliberté
- Name (Japanese)
- ギー・ラリベルテ
- Reading
- ぎー・らりべるて
- Born
- September 2, 1959 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Boar
- Origin
- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / musician / poker player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- 1997 Knight of the National Order of Quebec
- 2016 Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
- honorary doctorate at the Laval University
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- National Order of Quebec
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.