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Christiaan Hetzner is a former writer for Fortune, where he covered Europe’s changing business landscape. He’s reported from Germany for the past two decades and is passionate about tracking industry’s intersection with finance and policy as they collectively target a net-zero society. Shaped by his time in Frankfurt covering the collapse of the dotcom stock market bubble for Dow Jones Newswires, he joined Reuters in 2004 before shifting to commentary and features for Automotive News Europe ten years later. Hailing from upstate New York, he is a graduate of Georgetown University.

: An image of Matthew Alan Livelsberger driver’s license photo is displayed on a monitor as Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill speaks about the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on New Year's Day
PoliticsCybertruck bomber and New Orleans terrorist shared several commonalities including both renting their vehicles from Turo and serving at the same Army base
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 3, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin.
TechTesla enters new year with laundry list of promises to fulfill after shocking market with its first-ever annual sales decline
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 2, 2025
Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13.
PoliticsElon Musk given special praise by Las Vegas police for help investigating Cybertruck blast outside Trump hotel
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 2, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju convention in Rome, an annual event organized by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party.
PoliticsElon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene—‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 29, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
EconomyTrump’s MAGA base is turning on Elon Musk after he said he wants to import more skilled workers
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 27, 2024
Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos attend 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar After Party Arrivals
RetailMusk urges Bezos to throw an ‘epic wedding’ after Amazon founder blasts report of $600 million nuptials as ‘completely false’
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 23, 2024
Young businessman tired at night
SuccessStartup that went viral for ‘firing stressed employees’ claims it was stunt gone wrong—now they’re offering massages and spa sessions to staff
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 10, 2024
A protester outside UnitedHealth’s headquarters
HealthLeaked video shows UnitedHealth CEO defending practices that prevent ‘unnecessary’ care
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 9, 2024
John Elkann attends a Juventus football match
CompaniesMeet John Elkann, the enigmatic billionaire heir fighting to save Jeep parent Stellantis
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 8, 2024
Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia, hold a memorial protest
CompaniesBoeing’s plea deal shot down by judge because the independent monitor would be a DEI hire
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 6, 2024
Jeff Bezos speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2024 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City
FinanceJeff Bezos wants to be judged by how rich he’s made others — ‘I’ve created something like $2.1 trillion of wealth for other people’
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 5, 2024
Bill Gates speaks at the pledge session of the 2024 World Health Summit on October 14, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
SuccessBill Gates wants to help ‘make sense of the world around you’ this Christmas with his holiday reading list
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 4, 2024
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California.
LeadershipTesla fumes over Delaware judge’s final ruling to block paying Elon Musk ‘what he’s worth’
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 3, 2024
John Elkann, President of Stellantis attends during the "Fiat, The Future Is On Track" press presentation of the new Fiat Topolino
CompaniesBillionaire Fiat heir assumes control of Jeep and Ram parent Stellantis after embattled CEO Carlos Tavares exits
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 2, 2024
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FinanceElon Musk’s DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy says they’ll scrutinize $6.6 billion Biden loan to Tesla rival Rivian
By Christiaan HetznerNovember 29, 2024
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