Cirque du Soleil's Guy Laliberté Now in Outer Space
Ian Halperin, #1 New York Times bestselling writer and author of the sole unauthorized
biography of Guy Laliberté, will be available for media questions during Laliberté's 12-day
space mission
New York, NY (PRWEB) October 2, 2009 -- On Wednesday, September 30, Guy Laliberté, the billionaire
founder of Cirque du Soleil, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. In doing so, he officially
became Canada's first space tourist and the world's seventh, at an estimated personal cost of $35 million.
From orbit, on Oct. 9, Laliberté will host a world-wide, star-studded series of concerts to raise awareness for
water conservation.
Who is this man?
On Sept. 23rd, 2009, Montreal-based Transit Publishing released the first critical, unauthorized biography of
Laliberté entitled Guy Laliberté: The Fabulous Story of the Creator of Cirque du Soleil (ISBN:
978-1-926745-15-2) in the United States and Canada. The author, New York-based Ian Halperin, will be available
until Oct. 12 to answer questions about Laliberté the artist, entrepreneur, and now space traveler.
Halperin's biography of Laliberté reveals:
• The personal circumstances and business strategies that led Laliberté from being a carefree bohemian to a
wealthy international entrepreneur
• How Cirque du Soleil went from a handful of buskers to a worldwide, multi-billion-dollar entertainment
phenomenon
• How Laliberté's One Drop Foundation is working to provide the world's poor with access to safe water.
• The details of Laliberté's surreal, luxurious, sex-and-drug-fuelled lifestyle.
• Laliberté's latest, expensive passion: the exciting world of high-stakes poker.
• A behind-the-scenes peek at Laliberté's infamous, decadent, week-long parties attended by thousands of
guests.
About Ian Halperin:
Ian Halperin is the author or co-author of ten books, including Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson.
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