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How to Prepare for a Fragile Future: Peter Thiel’s Asymmetric Playbook

Global Financial Freedom

Sep 24, 2025
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Billionaire Peter Thiel refused consent for sprawling lodge in New Zealand  | Peter Thiel | The Guardian
Source: The Guardian

Because Peter Thiel Is Changing Countries. And in a Globalizing World, We All Need Alternatives.

Peter Thiel is not just another tech billionaire playing real estate arbitrage. He’s a canary in the coal mine.

Thiel, famously private and deeply strategic, has held New Zealand citizenship for over a decade. Recently, he’s been vocal about possibly leaving California, or even the U.S. altogether, citing aggressive taxation and a growing discomfort with political and institutional fragility. He mentioned Miami, Nashville, even returning to New Zealand permanently. These aren’t just tax havens or lifestyle cities. They’re jurisdictions. Lifeboats. Strategic hedges against systemic collapse.

This is his vault in New Zealand.

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