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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.

Wall Street bears have it tough amid the ongoing rally.
FinanceWall Street’s biggest bear—once dubbed ‘Gandalf’ for his market foresight—is out of a job after predicting a U.S. recession that never happened
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 5, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
TechElon Musk’s Tesla recoups all its year-to-date losses after adding a staggering $150B in market cap in just 3 days: ‘Worst is in the rearview mirror’
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 4, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
TechElon Musk vows Bill Gates will be ‘obliterated’ if he doesn’t stop shorting Tesla 
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 3, 2024
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel LLC
TechKen Griffin is hitting pause on the AI hype, saying he’s unconvinced the tech will start replacing jobs in the next 3 years
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 2, 2024
Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel
TechHollywood tycoon Ari Emanuel blasts OpenAI’s Sam Altman after Elon Musk scared him about the future: ‘You’re the dog’ to an AI master
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 1, 2024
Keith Gill, a Reddit user credited with inspiring GameStop's rally, during a YouTube livestream arranged on a laptop at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Keith Gill, whose Roaring Kitty online moniker has sent GameStop Corp. shares surging in the past week, sparked another rally in the video-game retailer after a YouTube post said hed return to the platform Friday for the first time in three years. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
FinanceRoaring Kitty’s GameStop return is playing out like an uninspired Hollywood sequel with no real villain and an absent hero
By Christiaan HetznerJune 30, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett
FinanceWarren Buffett warns Gates Foundation there is no guarantee his support of the charity will continue once he’s gone: ‘No money coming after my death’
By Christiaan HetznerJune 28, 2024
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Huang said the company plans to upgrade its AI accelerators every year, announcing a Blackwell Ultra chip for 2025 and a next-generation platform in development called Rubin for 2026.
TechNvidia’s Jensen Huang plays down competition worries as key supplier disappoints with subdued expectations for AI chip sales
By Christiaan HetznerJune 28, 2024
RJ Scaringe, chief executive officer and founder of Rivian Automotive Inc., during an unveiling event in Laguna Beach, California, US, on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
TechRivian founder tells investors why incoming shareholder Volkswagen needs his help to take on Tesla just as much as he needs the cash injection
By Christiaan HetznerJune 26, 2024
Jensen Huang CEO of NVIDIA stands on the mound waiting to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of the game between the Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics on May 25, 2024 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.
TechNvidia sees over $500 billion wiped off value after shares slide—the biggest 3-day value loss for any company in history
By Christiaan HetznerJune 25, 2024
Linda Yaccarino, chief executive officer of X Corp., at the VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Friday, May 24, 2024. The annual startup and technology events runs until May 25. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images
TechLinda Yaccarino’s right-hand man out at X as global operations chief reportedly given the sack
By Christiaan HetznerJune 24, 2024
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the SoftBank World 2023 on October 04, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
TechImagine selling your Nvidia stake, now worth $160 billion, 5 years ago: One tech investor rues the deal of a lifetime slipping through his fingers as ‘the fish that got away’
By Christiaan HetznerJune 21, 2024
Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever
TechIlya Sutskever left OpenAI after mutinying against Sam Altman—now he’s launching his own startup for safe AI
By Christiaan HetznerJune 20, 2024
China car buyers
TechBank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’
By Christiaan HetznerJune 19, 2024
From left: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, X CEO Linda Yaccarino and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
LeadershipLinda Yaccarino shares her biggest moment of imposter syndrome from her first year running Elon Musk’s X
By Christiaan HetznerJune 18, 2024
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