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
FIRST QE THEN QT
Where have all the dollars gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the dollars gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the dollars gone?
Uncle Sam has s...
Egon von Greyerz / July 19, 2018
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THE US IS DEAD BROKE
“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.”
- Solomon
This is the story about Debtor, a newborn American baby. Debtor has just been born into the gre...
Egon von Greyerz / July 13, 2018
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US DEBT EXPLOSION & WEIMAR II
Can investors really be that wrong? Global risk is today greater than ever in history and at the same time the great majority of investors show no fear at all. There are so many potential catalysts th...
Egon von Greyerz / July 5, 2018
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FOLLOW THE MONEY – FOLLOW CHINA, RUSSIA AND INDIA
Whilst the US government worries about the military threat of Russia, and the trade deficit with China, they show no concern for the real problems. To understand what is really happening, all we need...
Egon von Greyerz / June 28, 2018
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FOLLOW SWISS PENSION FUND – BUY GOLD – “DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY”
Brexit, Quitaly and Grexit. Debt Defaults, Stock Shocks, Bond Bubbles, Properties Popping, Derivative Defaults and Banks Busting. Well that is just some of the events that twill take place in the ne...
Egon von Greyerz / June 15, 2018
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ITALY, HYPERINFLATION AND GOLD
The ECB (European Central Bank) just had its 20th birthday. But there is really nothing to celebrate. The EU is in a total mess and the Euro which was launched on January 1, 1999 is a failed currency....
Egon von Greyerz / June 7, 2018
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GOLD – THE ONLY MONEY THAT CAN’T BE DEBASED
In 1980, global assets, including property, were less than $20 trillion. Today almost 40 years later they have grown to $524 trillion. That is a compound annual growth rate of 9% which is quite remark...
Egon von Greyerz / June 1, 2018
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WILL POVERTY, DISEASE & WAR LEAD TO 3 BILLION FEWER PEOPLE?
There are 51 million American households that cannot make ends meet. This means that 43% of American households can’t afford a basic middle class life. Of these, 35 million are dubbed ALICE which sta...
Egon von Greyerz / May 24, 2018
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THE MOST INGENIOUS INVENTION IN THE HISTORY OF FINANCE
We are now in the final stages of a journey which by future historians will be seen as unreal as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”. Just like Alice called the “Mad Tea Party”, “the stupidest tea...
Egon von Greyerz / May 17, 2018
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GOLD IS GOOD – GREED IS NO GOOD
It can’t happen here! What is happening in Venezuela and Argentina cannot occur in Western economies. That’s at least what markets believe with stocks and most bubble assets remaining in cloud cuckoo...
Egon von Greyerz / May 10, 2018
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GOLD HOLDERS – CENTENNIAL OPPORTUNITY
Strategic investments are made for the long run and with no intent of short term gains or concern of short term fluctuations. This kind of investing is based on buying undervalued and unloved assets a...
Egon von Greyerz / May 3, 2018
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GOLD 75 MILLION BOLIVARS – WILL HAPPEN IN US$ & EURO TOO
The coming hyperinflation will start slowly and few people will realise what is coming. But once the first real inflation signals are appearing, the process will speed up fast as the currency debaseme...
Egon von Greyerz / April 27, 2018
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