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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.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
LifestyleBillionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos moves to Florida, where his parents live—and capital gains are not taxed
By Christiaan HetznerNovember 3, 2023
Disney CEO Bob Iger
CompaniesDisney is buying Comcast’s stake in streaming service Hulu—but the $8.6 billion price tag is just the beginning and could go much higher
By Christiaan HetznerNovember 2, 2023
L.A. Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
SuccessSteve Ballmer started as Bill Gates’s assistant and now he’s on the verge of becoming wealthier than his one-time Microsoft boss 
By Christiaan HetznerNovember 1, 2023
Billionaire hedge fund speculator Bill Ackman
Finance‘Humanity is on a rapid path to oblivion’: Billionaire investor Bill Ackman urges Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to stop amplifying hate for dollars 
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 31, 2023
X owner Elon Musk
TechElon Musk threatens to demonetize X creators who spread verifiable falsehoods following EU disinformation crackdown
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 30, 2023
U.S. cancer patients face nationwide shortages of life-saving chemo drugs as ‘race to the bottom’ makes their production unprofitable
HealthU.S. cancer patients face nationwide shortages of life-saving chemo drugs as ‘race to the bottom’ makes their production unprofitable
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 28, 2023
Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr
CompaniesHertz helped turn Tesla into a $1 trillion megacap stock. Now it’s become collateral damage in Elon Musk’s price wars
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 27, 2023
UFC chief executive Dana White
LifestyleBud Light inks sponsorship with Dana White’s UFC as it struggles to find a way to impress American beer drinkers after trans-ad debacle
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 26, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Cybertruck EV during the concept's unveiling in November 2019.
CompaniesTesla dashes hopes for affordable Cybertruck amid Elon Musk’s big affordability push
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 25, 2023
Russian president Vladimir Putin has deepened ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
PoliticsElon Musk fears the West is foolishly ‘sleepwalking our way into World War III’ and calls for an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 24, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
CompaniesElon Musk’s Tesla subpoenaed over its FSD self-driving feature, admitting there is ‘the possibility of a material adverse impact on our business’
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 23, 2023
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
CompaniesSaudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s 2030 growth plan bears fruit as Hyundai inks deal to join Lucid as next carmaker in the Gulf
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 23, 2023
Disney depends on ESPN for more of its profits than movies and film.
CompaniesBob Iger revealed ESPN is more important for Disney’s bottom line than its entire entertainment business—but profits are falling
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 20, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
CompaniesElon Musk admits Tesla dug a grave for itself with the Cybertruck and dashes dreams of it coming to market any time soon
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 19, 2023
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
PoliticsNvidia thought it found a way around U.S. export bans of AI chips to China—now Biden is closing the loophole and investors aren’t happy 
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 18, 2023
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