Guy Laliberte
Guy Laliberte
Guy Laliberté, OC CQis a Canadian entrepreneur, poker player, space tourist, co-founder and the former CEO of Cirque du Soleil. With an estimated net worth of US$2.6 billion, Laliberté was ranked by Forbes as the 11th wealthiest Canadian and 459th in the world...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 September 1959
CityQuebec City, Canada
CountryCanada
backwards
Me? I'm going to grow backwards and be a kid again.
life
All my life I've been flirting. I'm no different. I still carry on the same way.
jobs fun creativity
Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.
symphony cirque-du-soleil notes
We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.
party golf play
I don't play golf or all those things people normally do for business. I do parties. That's where I bring people in, showcase ideas and, in the end, do deals.
dream jobs world
Originally the dream was about traveling and developing a job that would permit me to travel. And I decided to go into street performing because it was a traveling job; it would let me go around the world.
simple creating people
Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing.
dream children opportunity
Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
arrogance-of-youth people tents
We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.
dream travel fun
I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.
blood born hard hit human naturally period soon time
Adaption of the human body in space is not yet mastered. As soon as you hit space, you feel your body is going through a period of mutation. There's no blood in your head; you have a hard time swallowing. We're not born to naturally be in space.
Of all the religions, I am most partial to Buddhism.
art people terms
I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke and make something different.
artistic
I'm an artistic person and a creator. I'm not a scientific. I'm not an engineer.