Born
in Switzerland in 1931, Ferdinand Lips, is a well-established and respected
authority on gold and the gold market. His roots are in banking where he
started his career, and became a co-founder and a m anaging director of Rothschild
Bank AG in Zurich.
In 1987 he opened his own bank, Bank Lips AG, also in Zurich. He retired in 1998 when he sold his equity interest in the bank. Not being one to sit around idly, Mr. Lips continues to be very active in the banking, gold and financial fields. He is on the Board of various companies, among them African gold mining companies. He is also a Trustee of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME) in New York.
He has written two books previously ( Das Buch der Geldanlage in 1981 and Geld, Gold und die Wahrheit in 1991). Gold Wars is his third book and expresses his views on gold, the gold standard and the gold exchange standard as well as the various attempts to manipulate gold and eventually push it aside. As a Swiss, he dedicates an important part of the book to the events leading up to the partial, but substantial, sale of Swiss gold reserves.
In his free time, Ferdinand Lips likes to spend time with his two daughters and the study of history, architecture and philosophy. Mr. Lips, a firm believer in the gold standard, lives outside of Zurich, Switzerland.
Website: www.fame.org/goldwars.htm
Gold Wars: The Battle Against Sound Money As Seen From A Swiss Perspective