MATHIAS GOTTWALD · PATRON · SOLUTION MANAGER · GOTT WALD HOLDING LLC
It is11 past 12.
The world as you knew it no longer exists.
Those who do not act now will lose everything. Not the day after tomorrow. Now.
0
Business bankruptcies per day — Austria Q1–Q3 2025
KSV1870, Oct. 2025
0+
Expected corporate insolvencies Austria 2025
KSV1870 / AKV 2025
0%+
Europe's defense spending increased since 2021
Le Monde / GlobalBridge 2025
0 Bn €
EU mobilized for war economy — ReArm Europe
EU Parliament March 2025
0 Bn €
EU economic loss from Ukraine shockwaves
IfW Kiel 2025
0%
Only 43% of Austrian companies remain optimistic
KSV1870 April 2025
0%
Germans feel chronically stressed
Techniker Krankenkasse Nov. 2025
0
Corporate insolvencies in March 2026 alone — Austria
AKV Europa April 2026
0%
Eurozone GDP growth 2026 — historic low
OECD Interim Outlook 2025
0%
Hormuz disruption: oil deliveries temporarily disrupted
UNCTAD April 2026
0 Tn $
Global trade volume 2025 — under extreme pressure
TradeImeX / WTO 2026
0%
Austrian SMEs see bureaucracy as main problem
KMU Forschung Austria 2025
THE ESCALATION — DOCUMENTED
From warning to reality.
The Reality
“Your supplier stops delivering. Your market collapses. Your bank pulls the line. What then?
“The companies that emerge as winners in 2027 made a decision — in 2025.
“War economy is not a trend. It is the new normal. And it does not wait for your contingency plan.
VERIFIED FACTS — APRIL 2026
- →EU mobilizes up to €800 Bn for war economy — ReArm Europe (EU Parliament, 2025)
- →VW internally: "From 2026 Germany shifts to war economy" (Frankfurt, Spring 2025)
- →BDI Sep. 2025: "Central authority for militarization of German industry" (BDI)
- →Defense spending Europe +30% between 2021–2024 (Le Monde, March 2025)
- →20 business bankruptcies per day in Austria — Q1–Q3 2025 (KSV1870)
- →1,045 corporate insolvencies in March 2026 alone (AKV Europa, April 2026)
- →Only 43% of Austrian companies remain optimistic (KSV1870, April 2025)
- →Eurozone grows only 1.0% in 2026 — historic low (OECD, 2025)
INDUSTRIES UNDER FIRE — APRIL 2026
Which industries are burning. Now.
Source: KSV1870, AKV Europa, OECD, GlobalBridge — April 2026
Is your industry on the list? — In 33 minutes you will know where you stand →
PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
The Gottwald Crisis Matrix™
22 years of entrepreneurial practice. Not from a textbook.
Where does your business stand today? — In 33 minutes you will know.
IMMEDIATE MEASURES
What you must do in the next 72 hours.
Not someday. This week.
Hours 0–24: Assessment
- ☐Identify top 5 suppliers — check dependency level
- ☐Calculate liquidity reserves — how many months?
- ☐Scan contractual risks — notice periods, force majeure
- ☐Rank key clients by revenue share
- ☐Determine energy cost share of revenue
Hours 24–48: Prioritization
- ☐Apply Gottwald Crisis Matrix™ to your business
- ☐Research alternative suppliers for top 3 inputs
- ☐Request emergency credit line from your bank
- ☐Brief key personnel on crisis scenarios
- ☐Check StaRUG compliance status
Hours 48–72: Strategy
- ☐Identify war economy opportunities for your industry
- ☐Research EU funding programs EDIP
- ☐Review holding structure & asset distribution
- ☐Book 33-minute consultation with Mathias Gottwald
- ☐Make the decision — today, not tomorrow
This plan is a starting point. What comes next requires a partner — not a consultant.
BOOK CONSULTATION NOW →GLOBAL SITUATION — APRIL 2026
No continent remains untouched.
DACH REGION — YOUR MARKET
Germany. Austria. Switzerland.
The three markets you breathe every day — and their raw numbers.
Protection & Strategy
Your assets. Your family. Your freedom.
International diversification is no longer a luxury option. It is a survival strategy.
Secure your business
- Gottwald Crisis Matrix™
- Emergency plan 72h
- Supply chain alternatives
- Liquidity buffer
- StaRUG compliance
Distribute assets geographically
- Holding structures DACH+GEO
- Georgia · Dubai · Switzerland
- Currency diversification
- International real estate
The crisis as a goldmine
- Defense dual-use opportunities
- Defence-tech investments
- EU funding programs EDIP
- Quantum Systems: €160M
- Those who see early, win
WHAT SETS THEM APART
What the winners do differently.
In every crisis of the last 100 years, there were companies that won. Always.
They act before the pressure comes.
Not react — anticipate. The crisis plan exists before the crisis, not after.
They distribute assets before it is too late.
Geographic diversification is optional in normal times. In a war economy, it is mandatory.
They see the opportunity in chaos.
Quantum Systems Munich: €160M in a crisis. Those positioned early, win.
They seek external perspective.
Nobody sees their own business from the outside. A solution finder sees what you cannot.
They make decisions — even when it is uncomfortable.
The most expensive sentence in entrepreneurship: "It will sort itself out." It will not. Not this time.
11
Minutes Past Twelve.
This is not a metaphor. It is where the clock stands —
measured by the facts you just read.
→EU: War economy scheduled for 2026
→Austria: 1,045 insolvencies March 2026 alone
→VW, BDI, EU Parliament: They all know. Act now.
NEUBEUERN · SALZBURG · TBILISI
THE MAN. THE MANDATE.
I tell you what you need.
Not what you want to hear.
“I am not your consultant. I am the one who is there when it counts. When others pull back — I stand firm.”
— Mathias Gottwald
✓33+ companies guided
✓22+ years of entrepreneurship
✓Crisis-tested since 2017
✓DACH + International · Tbilisi · Dubai
✓Not a consultant. A solution finder.
TRUST
33+ companies. 22+ years. Real results.
“We were facing the end. Mathias gave us a plan in 72 hours that worked.”
Managing Director, Manufacturing, Bavaria — 2024
“Nobody else told us what was really going on. Everyone reassured. He acted.”
Owner, Retail, Austria — 2025
“The asset structure we built together carried us through the crisis.”
Entrepreneur, Real Estate, Zurich — 2024
Discretion is our highest principle. No name, no company is mentioned without explicit permission.
33+
Companies guided
22+
Years of experience
3
Continents active
AVAILABILITY
Only a few appointments available.
Mathias Gottwald does not take on mass clients. He accepts mandates because he believes in the business.
APRIL / MAI 2026
Still 2 consultations available this month.
The next available slot: This week.
SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW →WAKE UP CALL — APRIL 2026
You think your money is safe.
That was before 2019.
Are you one of those who moved their money to Cyprus, Dubai or Switzerland for "safety" — and never listened to those who knew?
Why did you not act when there was still time? Because nobody told you the truth. We are telling you now.
Yesterday's so-called tax havens are tomorrow's debt traps. Those who do not understand this today will pay for it tomorrow.
SWITZERLAND — THE MYTH IS DYING
- →March 2, 2026: Switzerland and EU sign 18 new agreements
- →Dynamic adoption of EU law now contractually anchored
- →Banking secrecy effectively fallen — automatic data exchange since 2017
- →Referendum earliest 2027 — outcome uncertain
- →SVP calls it "EU subjugation treaty" — and loses
- →CHF 350M annual cohesion contribution to the EU
Sources: Federal Council CH, GTAI, EU Parliament — April 2026
LIECHTENSTEIN — THE LITTLE BROTHER FALLS
- →2017: Automatic exchange of information in tax matters — AIA Law
- →EU Parliament approved automatic data exchange as early as 2015
- →EEA member: EU law applies — no choice, no veto
- →Foundations subject to reporting — name, address, tax number annually
- →2008: LGT Bank tax scandal — billions in data sent to Germany
- →Anyone who believes Liechtenstein is still a safe haven is living in 2005
EU-Parlament, AIA-Gesetz LI, Ecovis — 2015–2026
CYPRUS & DUBAI — THE BEACONS ARE FADING
- →Cyprus 2013: Banking crisis — accounts frozen, capital gone. Just like that.
- →Dubai: FATF "Grey List" 2022 — international controls massively increased
- →UAE: Information exchange agreements with 100+ countries active
- →Anyone still calling "Dubai" a tax haven was not paying attention in 2019
- →Geopolitical instability Middle East 2026: Hormuz 90% disrupted — assets at risk
- →Crises arrive first where people are least prepared
FATF, UAE MOF, UNCTAD — 2022–2026
CYPRUS 2013 — THE TEXTBOOK OF FAILURE
What happened in one night can happen any night.
€5.8 Bn
Taken from savers — overnight
47.5%
Loss at Bank of Cyprus
60%
Capital seizure on large deposits
60,000
Investors lost almost everything
Sources: Ginmon, Wirtschaftsdienst, NZZ, Brand eins
You believed your money was safe on an EU island. The EU came for it. And those who knew pulled their money out beforehand.
DUBAI 2026 — THE SAFE HAVEN IS BURNING
-16%
DFM Real Estate Index in 5 days
Newsbit March 2026
up to -70%
Analyst warning in case of conflict
Newsbit March 2026
-20%
Office vacancy DIFC
Fitch Ratings
90%
Hormuz disrupted — Achilles heel
UNCTAD
The DFM Index lost everything built up in 2025 within 5 days. If you still believe Dubai is a safe haven — please wake up.
SWITZERLAND — SUBMISSION IN SLOW MOTION
18 Agreements
Signed March 2, 2026
€350M/year
Cohesion contribution to the EU — fixed
Referendum 2027?
SVP: "EU subjugation treaty" — outcome uncertain
Sources: Federal Council CH, GTAI, Europa EDA Admin — 2026
Since 2002, Switzerland has been doing the same thing step by step. On March 2, 2026, they officially signed it. Anyone who in 2026 still believes Switzerland is outside the EU — has not been paying attention for the last 24 years.
LIECHTENSTEIN — WHEN 160 KM² OFFERS NO PROTECTION
EEA Member
EU single market law adopted — no choice
Automatic
Annual reporting of all account data
2008: LGT Bank
Germany identified thousands of tax evaders
Liechtenstein has 38,000 residents. And more shell companies than people. But banking secrecy? It has not existed since 2017.
What you believed. What is real.
| WHAT WE WERE PROMISED | WHAT THE REALITY IS IN 2026 |
|---|---|
| Banking secrecy in CH + LI is untouchable | Automatic data exchange since 2017 |
| Switzerland remains sovereign & independent | Bilateral III: EU law adopted, March 2, 2026 |
| Cyprus is safe within the EU | 2013: Bank accounts frozen without warning |
| Dubai outside EU regulation | FATF Grey List 2022 · 100+ data exchange agreements |
| Liechtenstein — eternal foundation privacy | AIA Law 2017 · Annual reporting of all data |
| Georgia too far away, too unsafe | Tax rate 1% for holdings · No automatism · Growth +10% |
| Cyprus bank accounts 2013 100% safe | 47.5% gone overnight — Bank of Cyprus |
| Dubai: Stable, crisis-proof, grows forever | DFM Index -16% in 5 days — March 2026 |
| Liechtenstein: Eternal foundation privacy | AIA Law 2017 — annual reporting requirement |
| Bilateral Switzerland = eternal independence | Bilateral III: 18 EU agreements signed |
| No safe haven exists anymore — except the one you have strategically built. | |
THE REAL ALTERNATIVE — TODAY
Georgia. The last true free space.
While Europe closes its financial borders, Georgia is building: 1% corporate tax for international holding structures. No EU automatism. No forced data exchange. Strategically positioned between East and West. Growth above 10%. Stable currency. True sovereignty.
1%
Corporate tax for international holdings
No EU law
No automatic adoption of EU regulation
+10%
Economic growth Georgia — consistent
2019
Since when GOTT WALD Holding operates in Tbilisi
Source: IMF, World Bank — April 2026
100+ Countries
Tax treaty network — strategically positioned
ADB Investment
Asian Development Bank: Priority Investment Zone
No FATF Grey List
Unlike UAE — clean compliance
“The most expensive advice you ever received was the one someone never gave you.”
Mathias Gottwald tells you what others do not want to tell you.
Not because it is easy. But because it is necessary.
THE LAST TRUE FREE SPACE — APRIL 2026
Georgia.
The Switzerland of the future.
Neither Russia. Neither China. Neither EU.
Georgia stands for itself — sovereign, deliberate, and with a historical memory that never again allows itself to be exploited. A small country. Free people. World-class education. And the smartest tax laws I have ever seen.
— Mathias Gottwald, Patron · GOTT WALD Holding LLC · Tbilisi
Neither Russia. Neither China. Neither EU.
They know from their history what it means to be absorbed. Parts of Georgia are still occupied today. This makes their awareness of sovereignty sharper than anything ever decided in Brussels.
The Switzerland of tomorrow — the hub of today.
Tbilisi sits exactly between East and West. It is the last Christian bastion toward the East — and the first free voice toward the West. Those who understand this, understand why the world is watching.
Oxford. Harvard. Yale. Singapore. And heart in Tbilisi.
The people leading Georgia today — ministers, economists, investors — attended the best universities in the world. They return because they believe. Not because they have to.
The law you cannot get anywhere else.
Incorporate today — and today's law applies to you for 10 years. Even if laws change tomorrow. Georgia's Investment Protection Law guarantees: your conditions at the time of incorporation are your conditions. Period.
The new Singapore. The new Dubai. Only better.
Dubai is burning. Singapore is regulating. Switzerland is submitting. Georgia is building. And those who are in early, write history.
Sources for 04: Law of Georgia on Promotion and Guarantees of Investment Activity · US State Dept. Investment Climate 2021
NUMBERS DO NOT LIE — TAX COMPARISON DACH VS. GEORGIA
What you pay. What you could save.
All figures verified. All sources cited.
| Tax Type | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇦🇹 Austria | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇬🇪 Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate tax | ~29% (CIT+trade) | 25% | 8.5–19.7% | 15% (distributed only) |
| IT company (Virtual Zone) | ~29% | 25% | ~12–19% | ✅ 5% |
| Holding: Internal dividends | ~1.5% eff. (participation) | 0% (participation) | 0% (participation) | ✅ 0% if retained |
| Dividend withholding tax | 25% KapErtSt | 27.5% KESt | 35% WHT | ✅ 5% |
| Wealth tax | 0% | 0% | 0.1–0.5% | ✅ 0% |
| Inheritance tax | up to 50% | 0% (direct line) | up to 50% | ✅ 0% |
| Gift tax | up to 50% | 0% | up to 36% | ✅ 0% |
| Income tax | up to 45% | up to 55% | up to 45% | ✅ 20% (territorial) |
| Foreign income | Worldwide income | Worldwide income | Worldwide income | ✅ TAX-FREE |
| Small business <€175k | ~30%+ eff. | ~25%+ | ~12%+ | ✅ 1% (!) |
| Company formation | 4–6 weeks | 1–3 weeks | 1–3 weeks | ✅ 1–2 DAYS |
| DTA with DACH | ✅ since 2007 | ✅ since 2006 | ✅ since 2011 | ✅ All three active |
Sources: StMatthew.de, auswandern-info.com, tpa.ge, doppelbesteuerung.eu, US State Dept., UNCTAD — 2024–2026
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The law that changes everything.
Law of Georgia on Promotion and Guarantees of Investment Activity
Invest today — current law applies to you for 10 years. Even if Georgia changes tax laws tomorrow.
No worse conditions than for Georgian investors. Equal rights. Equal protection. Guaranteed by law.
Profits fully and unrestricted transferable abroad. In any currency. At market rate. Without restriction.
Source: UNCTAD Investment Laws Navigator · Law of Georgia No. 33304
This is not a tax haven. This is a rule-of-law state that respects investors.
Effective tax on €1M profit — DACH vs. Georgia
Basis: IT company, Virtual Zone Georgia. Excl. personal income tax on distribution.
THE GEOGRAPHIC TRUTH
Understand the map, understand Georgia.
Silk Road
Georgia was and is the hub of the ancient Silk Road
38 Countries
Free trade agreements (incl. EU, China, EFTA)
Future
Growth rate +7% — while Europe stagnates at +1%
0%
GDP growth Georgia 2024
IMF
0 Days
Company formation — complete
Doing Business
0+
DTA agreements active — incl. DE/AT/CH
UNCTAD
0%
Tax for IT companies (Virtual Zone)
tpa.ge
0%
Tax for small businesses up to €175k
StMatthew.de
0
Free trade agreements — more than most EU countries
WTO
DIRECTLY FROM ME
“I spoke with the Finance Minister. With the Tourism Minister. With the largest landowner in the country. All three told me the same thing: We do not want to be absorbed by anyone. This is not politics. This is identity. And that is exactly what makes Georgia what it is: The last true free space.
— Mathias Gottwald · Patron · GOTT WALD Holding LLC
Tbilisi, Georgia — Personal conversation, 2024/2025
GOTT WALD Holding LLC has been operating from Tbilisi since 2019.
Not as a tax trick. As a conviction.
Looking for the last true free space?
We have been living and working there since 2019. Not as an experiment. As home.
GOTT WALD Holding LLC · Headquarter: Tbilisi, Georgia
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