The world seems to be on the brink of disaster, with numerous outbreaks of war, a tense international panorama and the already evident threat of natural disasters, but the billionaires of Silicon Valley have found the solution: taking refuge underground.
In the case of the most powerful in the technology sector, such as Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman, with planned shelters within other even more gargantuan facilities.
Even sometimes denying that they have this type of complex, despite the statements in 2017 by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, who assured that New Yorker that half of his colleagues in Silicon Valley had already acquired a bunker for the end of the world.
And, in times of war and uncertainty, it seems that It is a highly valuable asset for technology billionairesas occurred during the bombing of Iran by the United States, as confirmed to Business Insider 2 entrepreneurs in this segment.
However, neither the characteristics of these disaster complexes nor their location are the same in all cases: some prefer something more humble, while others even accumulate live ammunition.
Be that as it may, there is a lot of evidence about these bunkers, including also their location.
Where are the havens of Silicon Valley billionaires?
Although stereotypes such as shelters for shelters may appear in the collective imagination, Falloutthe truth is that, even in the case of billionaires, bunkers are far from that fiction.
One of the favorite places for this type of Silicon Valley personalities has historically been New Zealandbecause, in the event of a possible nuclear catastrophe, the country is not a military asset or an important objective.
Precisely, in an interview with Bloomberg In 2018, Gary Lynch, from the company Rising S Co., which builds this type of complex, confirmed that many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs had built their bunkers here.
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, is one of those who has chosen New Zealand as his favorite place to maintain several luxury bunkers.
Although among the prep billionaires of Silicon Valley perhaps the best known is Mark Zuckerbergwhich has a complex in Hawaii of about 23 square kilometers and continues to expand.
Precisely, here is an antinuclear bunker the size of a basketball court, although Zuckerberg has assured that it is not as magnificent as it sounds, always with a certain halo of secrecy that has fueled conspiracy theories.
On another private island in Hawaii, Larry Ellisonfounder of Oracle, also maintains a luxury bunker capable of being self-sufficient, as it has renewable energy systems, as well as advances in indoor crops, so as not to depend on the outdoors for quite some time.
To these is added Sam Altmanthe CEO of OpenAI, who already assured that he even kept military arsenal in a shelter, although if artificial intelligence escapes human control, according to him, no bunker would be safe. At his house, without any confirmed location.
Another veteran, like Bill Gatesalso has a luxury bunker in his residence in Medina, Washington (United States), a complex that has been under construction since 1988. Ahead of its time, practically.
In short, these types of characters have chosen to ensure their future in the event of possible situations, and take refuge in luxury bunkers while a potential catastrophe affects the rest of us.