Some of the nation's most wealthy are taking refuge in private bunkers during the coronavirus outbreak, but one Silicon Valley executive who escaped to his underground bunker in New Zealand forgot how to unlock it, according to a report by Bloomberg's Olivia Carville.
Gary Lynch, the general manager of Rising S Co, a Texas-based
New Zealand is a hot spot for elite doomsday preppers to build underground bunkers or luxury homes on prime real estate to escape to during global crises, as Business Insider's Katie Canales has reported.
Plus, as Bloomberg notes, New Zealand has more recoveries from the coronavirus than active cases and only 12 reported deaths versus the US, where the death rate per capita is around 50 times higher.
"He went out to New Zealand to escape everything that's happening," Lynch told the publication about the executive who lives in New York and runs a company in the Bay Area. "And as far as I know, he's still there."
For the extremely wealthy, prepping can be a reasonable investment considering the size of their income, BI reported. Bunkers can be purchased for between $500,000 to $2.4 million and cost as much as $20 million to renovate into luxury shelters.
Some of the most extravagant shelters include family theaters, pubs areas, church chapels, and gyms in addition to fully furnished, bedrooms, bathrooms, dining areas, and living rooms.
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