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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]

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References

  1. 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.
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  3. "Ali Asaria: The tech CEO who gave away his money". Communitech. Retrieved 2021-11-19.