gold industry: The 59-year-old South African will take the role of chief executive officer at Barrick after the Canadian company inked a 5.4 billion deal to buy out Randgold Resources Ltd, according to The Toronto Star. It's a bigger stage for Bristow, known as an outsider for his sharp and frequent criticisms of the gold industry and a genius at running an African mine. Now he's its closest partner. Randgold has been one of the U.K.'s great corporate success stories, delivering a 4,000 per cent return since the end of 1999 making it the best stock in the FTSE 100 Index. He's fond of cigars and big-game hunts, as well as motocross expeditions across Africa. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg Bristow's personality looms large.
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