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
GOLD – THE ONLY SAFE PLACE
In 2019 the investment world will start to realise that asset markets don’t grow to heaven as stocks, bonds and property start their long journey down which will eventually lead to declines of 75% to...
Egon von Greyerz / January 17, 2019
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TIMES A-CHANGIN’ – BUT GOLD PERMANENT
Long term holders of gold have a different perspective of the world. They are not believers in instant gratification. Nor do they believe that a world based on money printing and debt can create susta...
Egon von Greyerz / January 11, 2019
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REAL GOLD PRICE LOWEST IN 50 YEARS
As we approach the beginning of the biggest wealth destruction in history, it is timely to turn to the wisdom of one of the great philosophers. Plato (428-348 BC) stated:
Egon von Greyerz / December 19, 2018
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FREEGOLD WILL KILL THE PAPER GOLD CASINO
We are now in the very final stages of the most remarkable era of alchemy in the history of finance. This cycle started in 1913 with the creation of the Fed and had its death knell in 1971 when Nixon...
Egon von Greyerz / December 14, 2018
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CASSANDRA, CENTRAL BANKS & GOLD
The general public doesn’t like hearing what some of us who are Cassandras have to say. Because our message is does not fit in with the choir of propaganda and lies. We are predicting a future for the...
Egon von Greyerz / June 9, 2017
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A 100 Trillion Bubble Is Ready To Explode
In a world full of bubbles that will all burst, it is, of course, impossible to forecast which will be the first ones to cause havoc for the world economy. One of the biggest bubbles that would clearl...
Egon von Greyerz / February 4, 2016
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