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

EGON VON GREYERZ ON INSIDE PARADEPLATZ (VIDEO)

In this lively 23 minute interview, Lukas Hässig of Inside Paradeplatz and Egon cover a wide range of subjects such as global risk, the Fed and their masters (the Investment banks), the SNB (Swiss Nat...

Egon von Greyerz / September 22, 2017

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PHYSICAL GOLD – THE ONLY PENSION FUND TO SURVIVE

There are probabilities in markets and there are certainties. It is very probable that investors will lose a major part of their assets held in stocks, bonds and property over the next 5-7 years. It i...

Egon von Greyerz / September 21, 2017

UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL RISK – NO ONE CARES

“Risk involves the chance an investment’s actual return will differ from the expected return. Risk includes the possibility of losing some or all of the original investment.” (Investopedia) So there w...

Egon von Greyerz / September 15, 2017

GOLD HAS BROKEN OUT – DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND

The coming gold and silver moves in the next few months will really surprise most investors as market volatility increases substantially. It seems right now that “All (is) quiet on the Western Front”...

Egon von Greyerz / September 7, 2017

THERE JUST ISN’T ENOUGH GOLD

There are lies damned lies and Central Bank Gold statistics. Total official global gold holdings are reported to be 33,000 tonnes. That is 19% of all the gold ever produced in the world. But how can a...

Egon von Greyerz / August 31, 2017

IS AMERICA A DANGEROUS NATION?

“America is now a dangerous nation.” This is the title of an article written by the journalist Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times last week. He goes on to declare: “Under Donald Trump, America look...

Egon von Greyerz / August 24, 2017

RISK ON: WAR, ECONOMY, DEBT, DOLLAR – RISK OFF: GOLD

Totally irresponsible policies by Governments and Central Banks have created the most dangerous situation that the world has ever experienced. Risk doesn’t arise quickly as the result of a single acti...

Egon von Greyerz / August 18, 2017

FINAL CURRENCY DEBASEMENT TO ZERO HAS STARTED

Fake money has created a totally uneven playing field for most ordinary people. Money used to represent a medium of exchange that would facilitate bartering. Instead of exchanging goods or services, p...

Egon von Greyerz / August 10, 2017

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