- Guy Laliberté was born on September 2, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a writer and producer, known for La magie continue (1986), Cirque du Soleil: O (2017) and Cirque du Soleil: KÀ (2007).
- Co-founder of Cirque du Soleil
- He was awarded the OC (Officer of the Order of Canada) by the Governor General of Canada on October 30, 2003 for his services to the performing arts.
- By 2004, Laliberté was number 514 on the "Forbes Billionaires List" and number 75 on Canada's "List of Richest People".
- He was named one of Time magazine's "World's Most Influential People" in 2004.
- He was honored by Beverly Hills, California in 2003.
- In 2001, he received the Harbourfront honor for creative people.
- 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.
- We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. We're adventurous. We like the challenge of unknown territory, unknown artistic field, and that's what stimulates us.
- 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.
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