Ali Asaria
Ali Asaria is a Canadian businessman and software developer, known for founding Tulip and Well.ca, and for developing the Brick Breaker game for BlackBerry.[1][2] In 2017, he created the Tulip Foundation with a pledge to donate 80% of his shares to charity.[3]
Career
[edit]Asaria developed the Brick Breaker game, a Breakout clone,which came pre-loaded on certain BlackBerry devices manufactured by Research In Motion.[4]
In 2008, Asaria founded Well.ca, an e-commerce retailer based in Guelph, Ontario, after deciding to sell products from his father's pharmacy online.[5] He served as the company's founder and CEO until 2013, when he stepped down and Rebecca McKillican succeeded him as CEO. [6] The company was acquired by McKesson Canada in December 2017.[7]
After leaving Well.ca, Asaria founded Tulip Retail (later Tulip), an enterprise retail technology company, with initial funding of $2.4 million; the company went on to raise more than $50 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins[8]
Philanthropy
[edit]In 2017, Asaria established the Tulip Foundation, pledging to donate 80% of his company shares to charitable causes.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ Small, Takara (May 12, 2020). "How serial tech entrepreneur Ali Asaria is tackling the biggest challenge of his career". MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ↑ "Inovia Capital". www.inovia.vc. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ↑ "Ali Asaria: The tech CEO who gave away his money". Communitech. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ↑ "Brick Breaker". Wikipedia.
- ↑ "Well.ca". Wikipedia.
- ↑ "Well.ca has been acquired by McKesson Canada". BetaKit. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Well.ca has been acquired by McKesson Canada". BetaKit. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Well.ca has been acquired by McKesson Canada". BetaKit. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ali Asaria: The tech CEO who gave away his money". Communitech. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
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