It was such an incredible honor to spend time with His Majesty, the King of Bhutan (known locally as Druk Gyalpo འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ — The Dragon King), along with many amazing members of his ministry this week (which also happened to be on my birthday!)
I can’t express my gratitude enough—it was some of the best hospitality I’ve ever received. Also owe a huge thanks to Balaji Srinivasan, one of our earliest investors, for the introduction.
We spoke at length on topics ranging from SARs / SEZs, digital currencies, nomadism, AI, “Bitcoin-as-a-battery” for excess power capacity, environmentalism, fertility, family, culture, history, achieving symbiosis between tradition and innovation—and much more.
While touring the beautiful, peaceful Himalayan country (by helicopter!), we visited some of the most unique hospitality projects in the region, along with one of the most exciting new developments on earth, Mindfulness City—the brand-new special economic zone in Gelephu, Bhutan.
For the first time in the country’s history, it appears that foreigners will be able to seamlessly do business in Bhutan, move there, invest, develop, own and more.
In an effort to build a future economy that is worthy of retaining the country’s youth as it experiences significant reduction in its young population, Bhutan has come up with one of the world’s most ambitious and innovative projects.
Bhutan is lucky to have such a genuine, noble, humble and forward-thinking leader.
Read more about the King’s vision and the Mindfulness City announcement here:
https://lnkd.in/dPCsSpcs