Gilles Ste-Croix

{{Short description|Canadian businessman}}

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| honorific_suffix = OC

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| birth_place = La Sarre, Québec, Canada

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| known_for = Cirque du Soleil

| occupation = Entrepreneur

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Gilles Ste-Croix OC is a Canadian entrepreneur and the vice president and co-creator of Cirque du Soleil. He started Cirque du Soleil with co-founder Guy Laliberté.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1204239/Gilles-Ste-Croix/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222195550/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1204239/Gilles-Ste-Croix/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-22 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2013 |title=Gilles Ste-Croix}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-19-la-et-cirque19-2009dec19-story.html |title=Cirque du Soleil putting together its Hollywood show |work=Los Angeles Times|date=2009-12-19 |first=Reed |last=Johnson}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-15-et-beatles15-story.html |work=The New York Times |title=Cirque du Soleil to base show on Beatles music |date=2004-10-15 |first=Don |last=Shirley}}{{cite web |url=http://www.coastmagazine.com/articles/cirque-1077--.html |work=Coast |title=Interview with Gilles Ste-Croix |first=Terence |last=Loose |date=2009-12-17}}{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946230 |date=2011-09-26 |work=Variety |first=Bob |last=Verini |title=Iris}} His son, Olivier Rochette, a technician with Cirque du Soleil, was killed by a blow to the head from an aerial lift in an on-set accident in November 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38174331|title=Cirque du Soleil founder's son dies in on-stage accident|date=1 December 2016|publisher=BBC}}

Ste-Croix was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in the 2019 Canadian honours.{{cite web |title=Mr. Gilles Ste-Croix |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-16618 |website=Governor-General of Canada |access-date=14 April 2025}}