I'm a former Navy SEAL who protects rich people on vacation. I've taken them everywhere from French Polynesia to Mt. Everest.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a former Navy SEAL about their job as a security advisor for wealthy people. They've asked to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, but Insider has verified their identity and employment with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
We also vet staff working in venues and track private jets. And if a VIP family is enjoying a coastal or lake holiday, and their teenagers are using jet skis or cars, we tag the vehicles and track them for the parents. We also offer cyber protection for bank accounts and our client's identity. We don't wear suits or earpieces. While our services are expensive, we can make our clients' travel insurance cheaper.
If they want to trek to Everest Base Camp, as one of our clients did recently, we'll first make a baseline assessment of their physical abilities to know that they can meet the physical demands of the trip. As former Special Forces, we're trained for extractions. We once had a client who found themselves in a dangerous and vulnerable situation, so they contacted us and asked for an extraction. We got them out of that location, collected their valuables from elsewhere in the world, and took them both to a safe place.
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