Guy Laliberté

Guy Laliberté, OC CQ (born September 2, 1959) is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist, co-founder and the former CEO of Cirque du Soleil. With an estimated net worth of US$2.6 billion (as of March 2012), Laliberté was ranked by Forbes as the 11th wealthiest Canadian and 459th in the world.

Following an announcement from the Cirque du Soleil on April 20, 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 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Early years

Laliberté was born in 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. His interest in show business began at a relatively young age. His parents took him to watch the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, an experience which led Laliberté to read the biography of P. T. Barnum. While he was still in school, Guy produced several performing arts events. After school, he entered the world of street performance, playing the harmonica and accordion on the streets of Quebec. Laliberté joined a performing troupe called Les Échassiers, which included fire-breathers, jugglers, and acrobats who hitched around the country from show to show. He later returned to Quebec, where he attempted to keep a steady full-time job at a hydroelectric dam. However, soon after his employment began, the company’s employees went on strike. Laliberté took the opportunity to return to his life as a street performer.

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Inside Cirque du Soleil Co-Founder’s Montreal Estate

Forbes 17 Dec 2024
Following the 2020 sale of his stake in Cirque du Soleil, businessman and philanthropist Guy Laliberté is now selling his 5-story Montréal mansion ... .

Guy Laliberté's Outremont mansion on the market for $12.75 million

Toronto Sun 21 Nov 2024
Guy Laliberté is selling his Outremont mansion at a reduced price, though that likely won’t help the average buyer much ... Laliberté’s estate is located at 70 Maplewood Ave., ... Laliberté.”Advertisement 3.

Cirque du Soleil co-founder lists his marvelous 50-room mansion in Montreal for $9.3M

New York Post 13 Nov 2024
Guy Laliberté, the company’s co-founder, has listed his handsome Montreal estate for $9.3 million, The Post has learned — and it’s quite the charmer ... 14. The gated entryway ... 14 ... 14 ... 14 ... 14 ... 14. Co-founder of Cirque du Soleil Guy Laliberté.

Cirque du Soleil returning to NYC for the first time in nearly a decade

New York Post 14 Oct 2024
He led a group of deep-pocketed investors that included private equity firm Catalyst Group and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Todd Boehly in wresting control out of bankruptcy from co-founder Guy Laliberté ...

Cirque du Soleil founder’s remote private island in the South Pacific lists for over $950K ...

New York Post 02 Jul 2024
The well-manicured, 3.47-square-mile atoll, which reportedly boasts no mosquitoes or other creepy crawlies, is owned by Canadian billionaire and Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté ... Laliberté ...

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte fined $24,000 in Tahiti over cannabis use

Canoe 06 Jun 2024
A representative for Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté said Wednesday the Canadian entrepreneur has been fined about $24,000 for cannabis possession in French Polynesia.Advertisement 2 ... Laliberté ...

Ringo Starr talks candidly: ‘I’m giving away all the secrets here!’

The Tribune Greeley 06 Jun 2024
By George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune ... Simultaneously thoughtful and animated, the illustrious drummer, vocalist and bandleader happily discussed a number of topics ... Q ... Then, (Cirque founder) Guy (Laliberté) sold Cirque (in 2020) to this company.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté fined $24,000 in Tahiti over cannabis use

North Shore News 05 Jun 2024
PAPEETE — A representative for Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté says the Canadian entrepreneur has been fined about $24,000 for cannabis possession in French Polynesia ... Laliberté was ...

'The Beatles Love' ending Las Vegas run after 18 years

Chicago Sun-Times 10 Apr 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Vegas Cirque Show Closure ... Jae C. Hong/AP ... According to Cirque, the show was born out of the friendship between its founder Guy Laliberté and Harrison, the Beatles' lead guitarist who died in 2001 ... ....

Cirque du Soleil's Beatles-themed Las Vegas show will end after an 18-year run

Times Union 10 Apr 2024
They reunited a year later to celebrate the show's first anniversary. According to Cirque, the show was born out of the friendship between its founder Guy Laliberté and Harrison, the Beatles' lead guitarist who died in 2001 ... .

Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles-themed Las Vegas show will end after an 18-year run

Bangor Daily News 10 Apr 2024
They reunited a year later to celebrate the show’s first anniversary. According to Cirque, the show was born out of the friendship between its founder Guy Laliberté and Harrison, the Beatles’ lead guitarist who died in 2001 ... ....

Super Bowl village is Las Vegas legend’s launching pad

Las Vegas Review-Journal 08 Feb 2024
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté poses in one of his travel trailers at the Westgate after a Frooog's Camp parade up the Strip to raise awareness for Nevada Donor Network on Friday, Oct.

How Cirque du Soleil helped build modern Las Vegas

The Lawton Constitution 04 Dec 2023
Cirque's contract with Wynn, meanwhile, was exclusive, and soon the collaborators began to embark on what Cirque co-founder Guy Laliberté still refers to as Cirque's "masterpiece" ... One was London and the other one was New York," Laliberté recalled.

RÉSEAU ALLÉGÉ QUÉBEC HIRES GUY LALIBERTÉ AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

PR Newswire 24 Oct 2023
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Hastings Tribune 23 Oct 2023
The second is projections ... From the airport, it now glows like a displaced orb. But on Oct ... Dragone died in Egypt last year from a heart attack, but Gilles Ste-Croix, the artistic overseer (or “director of creation”) was in Vegas, as was Guy Laliberté ... .

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