Democracy Dies in Darkness

Peter Munk, entrepreneur who founded world’s largest gold producer, dies at 90

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March 28, 2018 at 5:15 p.m. EDT
Peter Munk in 2014. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

Peter Munk, a Holocaust survivor who settled in Canada after World War II and became a serial entrepreneur, eventually transforming Barrick Gold Corp. from a small-scale operation into a global empire, died March 28 at his home in Toronto. He was 90.

The company announced the death but did not provide a cause.