Divisive internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate are building a multimillion underground complex in the Romanian capital, the contractor, Ron Hubbard, a well-known bunker builder told UK publication The Times.
The Tate brothers who are facing charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania and Britain have reportedly commissioned a ten-bedroom bunker, complete with separate living spaces and a recreation room with a stripper pole.
Despite the legal charges the Tate brothers are facing, Hubbard praised younger brother Tristan Tate, 36. In The Times interview. Conversely, Andrew Tate is “in his own world. He is OG (Original Gangster). You can’t talk to (an) OG,” the Texas entrepreneur said.
Hubbard’s company, Atlas Survival Shelters has been building underground complexes for billionaires and influencers, for who, bunkers have become a new type of luxury collectible.
Some are equipped with gas-resistant, steel-reinforced doors, filtration systems, escape hatches, solar panels, and other accoutrements, the paper reported.
Demand for bunkers increased after the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and even after the US strikes against Iran.
“News scares people,” says Hubbard. “If Trump makes peace with Putin and Putin aligns, it’s bad for business, but it’s good for the world,” he added.
Atlas now builds about 300 bunkers a year at its factory in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the largest facility dedicated to nuclear shelters on Earth. Hubbard has 50 full-time workers who cut and weld modular steel frames, then outfit them with plumbing, electricity, beds, flooring, and air-conditioning systems.
Prices range from 20,000 USD for steel capsules to custom concrete complexes which cost more than five million USD.
Hubbard is willing to talk about certain clients who have made their purchases public. In 2023, he designed a 186-square-meter shelter for Mark Zuckerberg, worth 270 million USD, at his Hawaii property.
The Meta owner is not alone. A 2023 survey estimated that Americans spent 11 billion USD on doomsday preparations in a single year. Nearly one in three respondents reported having made an apocalyptic plan.
Far-right Romanian presidential candidate photographed with Tate brothers PR person in the US
