Jim Balsillie
Since 1992, Jim Balsillie has been co-CEO at Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world renowned BlackBerry wireless solution. At RIM, Jim is ... More »
Former BlackBerry C.E.O. Sold All Company Shares
Jim Balsillie, the former co-chief executive and co-chairman of BlackBerry, has sold all of his shares in the struggling company, a regulatory filing indicated on Thursday. Mr. Balsillie’s arrival at what was then called Research in Motion in 1992 and his personal investment of ... Read more »
Blackberry Maker Research In Motion CEOs To Step Down As Part Of Overhaul
WATERLOO, Ontario – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, announced Sunday they would step down as co-CEOs of the once-iconic company that has struggled to compete in recent years. The RIM founders will be replaced by Thorsten Heins, a chief ... Read more »
Balsillie The Radical? New Report Shines Light On The RIM That Could Have Been
According to the usual unnamed sources close to the situation, former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie spent his last months at the company championing a dramatic change in strategy. Rather than keep RIM’s proprietary network a closed garden, Balsillie wanted to break from tradition and ... Read more »
RIM: What the hell happened?
Then-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis in 2006. Then-CEOs Balsillie and Lazaridis brushed off the threat from Apple and Google. They believed that users wouldn't want to type emails on a touchscreen device, and that their superior security controls would keep IT departments ... Read more »
BlackBerry Pioneer Balsillie Sells His Shares
Jim Balsillie held no stock in the phone manufacturer by the end of 2012, when only a year earlier he owned 26.8 million shares. He shed his 5% stake less than a year after he and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis stepped down from the helm of the company. Balsillie, who joined the business ... Read more »
Exclusive: BlackBerry maker hires law firm for restructuring
RIM, which once dominated the smartphone market, appointed a new CEO, Thorsten Heins, in January when longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie resigned under pressure. Before he left, Balsillie had led a three-pronged plan to double RIM's service revenue by allowing ... Read more »
RIM finally comes clean, but time not on its side
Jim Balsillie, who along with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis ran RIM into the ground and forced Heins into this predicament, is leaving RIM’s board. David Yach and Jim Rowan, two of the five executives currently listed on RIM’s executive management page, are also leaving. Heins deserves a lot of ... Read more »
RIM: A brief history from Budgie to BlackBerry 10
CEO Mike Lazaridis (and eventual co-CEO Jim Balsillie ) would see a void in the market, whether it was two-way paging or mobile email, and switch strategies to fill it. The company spent more time trying to justify its existing smartphone philosophy and less time getting ahead of trends. ... Read more »
RIM shares drop after minor board shuffle
It also revealed millions of dollars in payments to former co-CEO Jim Balsillie when he parted ways with RIM. "There may be some tough questions asked or some shareholder backlash if the change at the top is just this," said Sameet Kanade, an analyst at Northern Securities, referring the ... Read more »
It's not a BlackBerry World anymore
ORLANDO, Florida | Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:48pm EDT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - When Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie were running Research In Motion, BlackBerry World was a chest-thumping celebration of RIM's successes and a showcase for the innovations that would assure its continued ... Read more »
RIM looking to JPMorgan for life support, report says
"It's clear to me substantial change is what we need," Heins, who replaced co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis earlier this year, said in a statement. According to Bloomberg's sources, the "substantial change" Heins cited might include RIM licensing the BlackBerry mobile operating ... Read more »
Two more execs leave BlackBerry maker in shake-up
CEO Thorsten Heins, who took the reins in January when longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie resigned under pressure, would not rule out a possible sale of the company. Several senior executives announced their departures in last week's earnings report - including ... Read more »
Asian firms may eye RIM platform; Samsung denies interest
The Boy Genius Report website cited an unidentified source as saying RIM co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie was meeting with companies interested in either licensing its software or buying a part or all of RIM, with Samsung leading the pack. After Samsung's denial, Nasdaq-listed RIM shares ... Read more »
RIM shares jump on report of sale efforts
The Boy Genius Report website cited an unidentified source saying that RIM co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie was meeting with companies interested in either licensing its software or buying a part or all of RIM, with Samsung leading the pack. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek later said the ... Read more »
A look at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion
Jan. 22, 2012: RIM founder Mike Lazaridis and long-time executive Jim Balsillie announce they will step down as co-CEOs. Thorsten Heins, a chief operating officer who joined RIM four years ago from Siemens AG, was named as their replacement. Lazaridis and Balsillie remain on the ... Read more »
RIM Falls After Replacing Co-CEOs With Insider to Battle Apple
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. fell after replacing co-Chief Executive Officers Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis with an insider who said he sees no need for radical change as the company struggles to compete with Apple Inc. Thorsten Heins, a chief operating officer who ... Read more »
RIM's head of global sales leaving BlackBerry maker
Heins replaced longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who stepped down in January. Other key executives have also exited the company in the past year. A chief operating officer, Jim Rowan, and head of software David Yach left in March, at the same time that Balsillie ... Read more »
Samsung says no interest in buying troubled RIM
The Boy Genius Report website cited an unidentified source as saying that RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie was meeting with companies interested in either licensing its software or buying a part or all or RIM, with Samsung leading the pack. After Samsung's denial, Nasdaq-listed RIM ... Read more »
Know who isn’t excited about new Toronto arena? Hamilton, that’s who
The city that nearly had the Nashville Predators, until Jim Balsillie botched it. The city that nearly had the Phoenix Coyotes … well, until Jim Balsillie was defeated in court by the National Hockey League. According to Scott Radley of the Hamilton Spectator, the Markham arena ... Read more »
2012 Year in tech: A timeline
Co-chief executives Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down from their positions, and COO Thorsten Heins was appointed to take over as CEO. The news was coupled with rumors that Heins would license the BlackBerry 10 operating system to other handset manufacturers. February 2nd The ... Read more »
