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Article: Roll up, roll up for the Cirque Du Success... THE CLASS ACT THAT HAS TURNED A STILT-WALKING, FIRE-EATING FORMER BUSKER INTO A DOLLAR BILLIONAIRE.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2005
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Byline: DOMINIC PRINCE
FOR A MAN who started professional life as a stiltwalker and fire-eater in a circus, Guy Laliberte hasn't done too badly. He must surely be the world's first stilt-walking, fire-eating dollar billionaire. And as well as running the financial numbers for his company, he still does the circus-act bit too.
His company arrived in London last week, as it has for the past eight years, but they aren't here for analyst briefings or money-raising exercises.
Instead, there are high-wire acts, tricks with ropes and acrobatics - all perhaps seen in analyst briefings before, but Laliberte's visit to these shores will be in the name of ...