Peter Munk

Peter Munk photo by Chris Young/Globe and Mail

Eric Reguly, Europe Business Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, has an excellent new profile out on 87 year old Barrick Gold Co-Chairman Peter Munk, who is expected to step down from the world's largest gold miner he co-founded next month.

The transition to retirement could either save Munk's life or kill him, Reguly writes. Apparently Munk doesn't mind dying, he just doesn't want Barrick to die.

Read: Peter Munk: A mining magnate nears the end of his golden reign