
Munk was born in Hungary into a well-off Jewish family.
Hungary was invaded by Nazi Germany in March 1944, when Munk was a teenager. Between May and July that year, the country's Jewish community was deported to the gas chambers at Auschwitz at a rate of 12,000 every day. Munk's family escaped death by being offered seats on the Kastner train, a train carrying 1,684 Jewish refugees to safety in Switzerland. The transport was arranged by Rudolf Kastner of the Zionist Aid and Rescue Committee, as a result of negotiations with senior SS officer Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann allowed some Jews to leave for Switzerland in exchange for money, gold, and diamonds, as part of a series of so-called "blood for goods" deals.
Hungary was invaded by Nazi Germany in March 1944, when Munk was a teenager. Between May and July that year, the country's Jewish community was deported to the gas chambers at Auschwitz at a rate of 12,000 every day. Munk's family escaped death by being offered seats on the Kastner train, a train carrying 1,684 Jewish refugees to safety in Switzerland. The transport was arranged by Rudolf Kastner of the Zionist Aid and Rescue Committee, as a result of negotiations with senior SS officer Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann allowed some Jews to leave for Switzerland in exchange for money, gold, and diamonds, as part of a series of so-called "blood for goods" deals.
Munk graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in electrical engineering in 1952.
Despite being an engineer, Munk's rise came from a career in business. He is Chairman and founder of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold mining corporation. Munk was founder, Chairman and CEO of Trizec Properties (one of the largest U.S. REITs – listed on the NYSE), where in 2006 Trizec was sold to Brookfield Properties.
In 1958, he founded Clairtone of Canada with business partner David Gilmour. This company manufactured high-end console stereos and later televisions, which were recognizable icons of their day. The most famous Clairtone designs were the "Project G" series which was seen in the film The Graduate. Later, he founded and was Chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation, the largest hotel and restaurant chain in Australasia in the 1970s.
Latest investments will/are taking place in resort area. Specifically, investments in Montenegrin town of Tivat. Presently is known that Mr. Munk has bought an old naval shipyard in Tivat to be transformed in vacation resort and mega marina.
In 1958, he founded Clairtone of Canada with business partner David Gilmour. This company manufactured high-end console stereos and later televisions, which were recognizable icons of their day. The most famous Clairtone designs were the "Project G" series which was seen in the film The Graduate. Later, he founded and was Chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation, the largest hotel and restaurant chain in Australasia in the 1970s.
Latest investments will/are taking place in resort area. Specifically, investments in Montenegrin town of Tivat. Presently is known that Mr. Munk has bought an old naval shipyard in Tivat to be transformed in vacation resort and mega marina.
Munk is married to Melanie Jane Bosanquet Munk and has five adult children.

Peter Munk, kanadai-magyar üzletember, a Trigránit Fejlesztési Rt. egyik alapítója beszédében kiemelte: 1956-ban Magyarországnak veszteség volt a hazájukat elhagyók tömege, az emigránsok azonban gazdagították Kanadát. Az üzletember az eseményen bejelentette a Demján Sándor, a Trigránit elnöke által kezdeményezett Sarlós Alapítvány létrehozását, amely a magyar felsőfokú közgazdászképzés erősítését, fejlesztését és versenyképességének növelését tűzi ki célul. Az ösztöndíjprogram 400 diák tanulmányait fogja segíteni - tette hozzá Peter Munk.
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