Peter Munk Quotes

Canada, Businessman
November 8, 1927 – March, 28, 2018.

Peter Munk CC (November 8, 1927 – March 28, 2018) was a Hungarian-born Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was involved in a number of high-profile business ventures, including furniture and electronics company Clairtone, real estate company Trizec Properties, and Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold-mining corporation. The Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at the Toronto General Hospital are named for him.

For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.

Peter Munk
- Good
To do so, we are creating a Fairness for Switzerland Committee that will not only disseminate some of the facts, but also protect a relationship that is important to all of us in North America.

Peter Munk

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

Peter Munk
- Business
I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused.

Peter Munk
Maybe I'm less sensitive to these issues because I see that what people need first is economic security, and only when they have that can they afford to focus on human rights.

Peter Munk
- People
- Focus