Facts: - residence: london - title: chief executive of xstrata plc - years active: 1979 -- present - term: 2001 -- 2013 - birth name: michael lawrence davis - successor: ivan glasenberg - spouse: barbara davis - occupation: businessman - education: theodor herzl school - children: 3 - birth date: 15 february 1958 - name: sir mick davis - nationality: british / south african - birth place: south africa - alma mater: rhodes university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mick davis .
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sir michael lawrence '' mick '' davis -lrb- born 15 february 1958 -rrb- is a south african/british businessman .he served as the chief executive of xstrata plc , an anglo-swiss multinational mining company until its merger with glencore international plc in 2013 .after leaving xstrata , he formed mining venture , x2 resources .