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
I JUST WON A $1 MILLION DOLLAR WAGER ON GOLD!
At the beginning of last week, I was challenged with a wager on the gold price. The individual, who called me a “gold pumper”, wanted to bet $1 million on the gold price going below $1,000 before it r...
Egon von Greyerz / June 20, 2019
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GOLD MAGINOT LINE BROKEN – TIME TO BUY INSURANCE
The breakout in gold and silver that we have been patiently waiting for is now starting. The long term up move in the precious metals, which have been pausing since 2011, is now resuming. We can with...
Egon von Greyerz / June 14, 2019
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BRITS – GOLD MORE LIKELY TO SAVE YOU THAN ATLAS
Will Atlas save the world? Global debt of $250 trillion can neither be serviced nor ever repaid. More likely, it will continue to grow exponentially until the world financial system collapses under th...
Egon von Greyerz / May 30, 2019
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WITHOUT GOLD THE WEALTHY WILL BE WIPED OUT
The massive explosion of wealth in the world could be a sign of general prosperity but that is certainly very far from the truth. The printed money and credit expansion has only benefited a very small...
Egon von Greyerz / May 24, 2019
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COMING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE GUARANTEES SOCIALISM
How can a small clique of gold owners holding less than 0.5% of world financial assets be right? They are clearly a minuscule minority of obstinate goldbugs and contrarians who are living in the past....
Egon von Greyerz / May 17, 2019
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MOVES IN GOLD & SILVER WILL BE 1970s ON STILTS
My long standing target for gold of $10,000 in today’s money and much, much higher in inflationary terms, is now more probable than ever. But I hope it will never be achieved. When gold goes to $10,00...
Egon von Greyerz / May 9, 2019
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THE GOLD MAGINOT LINE WILL SOON BREAK
Why do 99.9% of investors not own gold? Due to my interest and activity, I clearly meet a higher percentage than the 0.1% who both understand and own gold. But I also meet a lot of people who have bee...
Egon von Greyerz / May 2, 2019
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CHINA HOLDS THE GOLD AND WILL MAKE THE RULES
Gold is the ultimate insurance against a bankrupt financial system, a corrupt political system and a rotten monetary system. But official propaganda, combined with people’s greed, mean that virtually...
Egon von Greyerz / April 25, 2019
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95% STOCK MARKET LOSS AND A CAN TOO BIG TO KICK
Will the average stock portfolio gain 1,900% to make up for the coming 95% fall? This is the unenviable task that investors will be facing in years to come. Six weeks ago I wrote about Alfred, a 74 y...
Egon von Greyerz / April 18, 2019
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SILVER SHORTAGES ARE HERE AND GOLD SCARCITY IS COMING
MMT is the socialists’ dream. It officially stands for Modern Monetary Theory but a more appropriate name would be More Money Theory. Because MMT is just a fancy name to justify more money printing, m...
Egon von Greyerz / April 12, 2019
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