Raymond Alexander Muzyka is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician.
21 Facts About Ray Muzyka
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Ray Muzyka completed his Medical Doctorate in 1992 from the University of Alberta, and subsequently obtained his specialization from the Canadian College of Family Physicians in 1994.
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Ray Muzyka was named as one of Canada's "Top 40 under 40" in 2001, received Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2001, and the BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1997.
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Ray Muzyka graduated from Old Scona Academic High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he took the International Baccalaureate program, finishing fourth worldwide and first in North America the year he graduated.
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Ray Muzyka was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Ray Muzyka was named into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame in 2018.
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On December 27,2018, Ray Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada.
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In 2019 Ray Muzyka received the Rod Charko Service Award from the Venture Capital Association of Alberta for his service to the startup entrepreneurial community in the province of Alberta.
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Ray Muzyka is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization, and a Charter Member of the A100 since 2012.
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Ray Muzyka serves as the Founding Chair of the University of Alberta Venture Mentoring Service since fall 2013, a program intended to help develop, uplift and inspire University of Alberta student and alumni entrepreneurs by creating excellent mentorship experiences for both entrepreneurs and mentors.
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Ray Muzyka served from 2014 to 2020 as a member of the University of Alberta Board of Governors, and as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
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Ray Muzyka serves as a mentor in the Creative Destruction Lab.
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Ray Muzyka was from 2001 to 2008 a board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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Ray Muzyka served the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation as a volunteer Director on their Board of Trustees from 2012 to late 2015.
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Ray Muzyka announced his new company, Threshold Impact, in early 2013, to be focused on "sustainable, profitable impact investing".
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An avid poker player who plays in the WSOP and other events each year, Ray Muzyka won the inaugural DICE poker tournament, in 2006 which featured a range of notable poker celebrities such as Scott Fischman, Chris Ferguson and Perry Friedman, playing heads-up with Mike Morhaime from Blizzard Entertainment at the final table.
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Ray Muzyka became the only player thus far to win the DICE tournament twice, when he chopped the final table with three other players for first place again in the 2010 DICE tournament.
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Ray Muzyka competed in the 2008 WCPC CPT Main Event and chopped the final table with the final four players to take home the 2008 WCPC ring.
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Ray Muzyka finished 374th of 7319 players in the 2010 Main Event of the WSOP.
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At the Game Developers Choice Awards, on March 27,2013, Ray Muzyka was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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On December 27,2018, Ray Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada.