Guy Laliberté
It’s early afternoon in the Dominican Republic and a big storm approaching from the north has piled mile-high clouds on top of the verdant hills of Puerto Plata.
Guy Laliberté, his family and friends are waiting for a good weather window to meet up with his sailing yacht, Tiara, which is moored in the Silver Bank, about 80 nautical miles north east of Puerto Plata. It is the only private boat allowed to moor that winter in this spot of Atlantic where humpback whales find mates and give birth. When conditions are right, the whales sometimes come close enough to make eye contact with snorkelers. That moment is one of his favorite experiences over a lifetime of adventure and he likes nothing more than to share it with others.
Laliberté may be the real “Most Interesting man in the World” – a street performer-turned-entertainment mogul, space tourist, diver, poker player, real-estate developer, art collector, philanthropist, father of seven and, yes, yacht owner. His life generates a fair amount of scrutiny, from business school profiles to biographies and television interviews, but who is the real Guy Laliberté?
“People are sometimes confused because I am associated with so many subjects – poker, the Cirque de Soleil, going into
