Egon von Greyerz

Founder and Chairman

Born with dual Swiss/Swedish citizenship, Egon's education was mainly in Sweden.

Egon von Greyerz began his professional life in Geneva as a banker and thereafter spent 17 years as the Finance Director and Executive Vice-Chairman of Dixons Group Plc. During that time, Dixons expanded from a small photographic retailer to a FTSE 100 company and the largest consumer electronics retailer in the UK.

During the 1990s, Egon von Greyerz became actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of VON GREYERZ as an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles.

VON GREYERZ is now the world’s leading company for direct investor ownership of physical gold and silver outside the banking system. Our vaults include the biggest and safest gold vault in the world, located in the Swiss Alps. Clients include High Net Worth Individuals, Family Offices, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Trusts in over 90 countries.

Egon von Greyerz makes regular media appearances and speaks at investment conferences around the world. He also publishes articles on precious metals, the world economy and wealth preservation.

Insights & Articles

THIS IMPLOSION WILL BE FAST – HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS

The massive money creation in the 2000s has led to a debt and asset bubble, which is about to burst. Investors will be shocked by the speed of the decline and won’t react before it is too late.

Egon von Greyerz / July 2, 2022

VON GREYERZ: INTEREST RATES ABOVE 10%?

Inflation is the big issue. In the USA, the FED is raising key interest rates by 0.75%, but it is largely helpless. It is likely that interest rates will rise as sharply as they did in the UK in the 1...

Egon von Greyerz / July 1, 2022

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Gold’s Eternal Answer to the Boom to Bust Cycles of Markets & Human Nature

In this 30-minute conversation with Kai Hoffman of Soar Financial, Matterhorn Asset Management principal Matthew Piepenburg discusses the broader themes of gold and the hard truths of the current and...

Egon von Greyerz / June 29, 2022

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CONCURRENT DEFLATION AND HYPERINFLATION WILL RAVAGE THE WORLD

With most asset classes are falling rapidly, the world is now approaching calamities of a proportion not seen before in history. At the same time as bubble assets deflate, prices of goods and servic...

Egon von Greyerz / June 23, 2022

Gold Matters: Falling Markets, Rising Inflation & Invisible Wealth

In this latest MAMChat, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg swap thoughts on the recent major market declines in equities and crypto and the inflationary environment rising around us. The worst is...

Egon von Greyerz / June 21, 2022

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Piepenburg: Backfiring Sanctions, Tanking Cryptos and Loyal Gold

In this brief interview with Michael McCrae of Kitco Mining, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses the interacting ramifications and core themes of the 2022 market econo...

Egon von Greyerz / June 14, 2022

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