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
THE CHINESE AND MAGINOT GOLD LINES
There are critical moments in time that can change history. This week I will talk about two lines which are extremely important, as these two lines will change the world for years to come. The first i...
Egon von Greyerz / February 14, 2019
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“THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR HAS NO GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER”
The statement above is of course totally accurate for a country running budget and trade deficits for over half a century with a total debt, including unfunded liabilities, in the hundreds of trillion...
Egon von Greyerz / February 6, 2019
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DE GAULLE CONVINCED NO US GOLD LEFT
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
This old nursery rhyme, or counting game, dating back from the late 17th century, could be seen as a prediction...
Egon von Greyerz / January 31, 2019
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IF YOU UNDERSTAND GOLD – YOU ARE NOT A GOLDBUG
What is a Goldbug? If we look at Wikipedia, they define it as “a person who is extremely bullish on the commodity gold as an investment and or a standard for measuring wealth …… goldbug can also be us...
Egon von Greyerz / January 24, 2019
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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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EASTERN & WESTERN CENTRAL BANKS SUPPORT GOLD PRICE
Both Western and Eastern central banks are now fully supporting gold. Precious metals investors can with total confidence buy and hold physical gold, silver and platinum in the firm knowledge that cen...
Egon von Greyerz / December 2, 2018
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BANKS ARE BLOCKING CLIENT ASSETS
The risk of holding cash or gold in a bank is increasing continuously. Later on I discuss the difficulties bank clients encounter in taking money or gold out of their bank. The word risk can be trace...
Egon von Greyerz / November 23, 2018
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