Background
Balsillie was born in Seaforth, Ontario, and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, where his family relocated in 1966 and he attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School. He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (FCA).
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