The German billionaire Christian Angermayer covers his Manhattan penthouse with symbols of his favorite investments. On one wall is a graffiti print of the Bitcoin crest overlaying U.S. dollars; next to it is a painting of magic mushrooms; and beneath that, an ancient trilobite from the Cambrian period.
Perhaps best known for cofounding a steroid-enhanced version of the Olympics backed by Peter Thiel, Angermayer has made his fortune betting on sectors well outside the mainstream economy, such as crypto, psychedelics, and fossils. Last week, in an interview with Fortune from his apartment in the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge, he shared details of his latest passion project: tokenized uranium.
