caption children birth_place nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name partner occupation
laliberté at the 5 quebec city , quebec , canada canadian 2 september 1959 rizia moreira -lrb- ex common law wife -rrb- guy laliberte wpt.jpg guy laliberté
 guy laliberté claudia barilla -lrb- girlfriend -rrb- chief executive officer
guy laliberté

guy laliberté , -lrb- born september 2 , 1959 -rrb- is a canadian entrepreneur , philanthropist , poker player , space tourist , co-founder and the current ceo of cirque du soleil .
with an estimated net worth of us$ 2.6 billion -lrb- as of march 2012 -rrb- , 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 .
