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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.

photo of Elon Musk.
TechElon Musk’s latest price cuts for Tesla in Europe have investors worried the carmaker grew too fast
By Christiaan HetznerApril 14, 2023
Disney boss Bob Iger planned to fire Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter irrespective of a proxy war.
LifestyleBob Iger says he fired Ike Perlmutter for his ‘redundancy’ at Marvel—not for backing Nelson Peltz’s proxy war with Disney 
By Christiaan HetznerApril 14, 2023
Nouriel Roubini.
Finance‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini warns of painful stagflation caused by a new cold war with China and the ‘balkanization’ of the global economy
By Christiaan HetznerApril 13, 2023
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett sold most of his stake in TSMC due to rising tensions with China.
EuropeWarren Buffett says the threat of war was a ‘consideration’ in his decision to dump the bulk of his $4 billion stake in chipmaker giant TSMC
By Christiaan HetznerApril 12, 2023
Elon Musk defended the bloodletting at Twitter as necessary to save a company he put in danger.
TechElon Musk defends jobs bloodbath at Twitter after culling four out of every five workers: ‘This company was going to die’
By Christiaan HetznerApril 12, 2023
A writers' strike could cripple film and TV production in Hollywood.
Success‘The survival of our profession is at stake’: Tinseltown could grind to a halt as Hollywood writers vote whether to go on strike for the first time in years
By Christiaan HetznerApril 11, 2023
Twitter’s former trio of top execs sue Elon Musk’s company for not paying their legal bills 
TechTwitter’s former trio of top execs sue Elon Musk’s company for not paying their legal bills 
By Christiaan HetznerApril 11, 2023
The 2000 film High Fidelity starring John Cusack helped bring about a renaissance in demand for vinyl records
LifestylePunk rock fan uncovers six-year scam that sold $1.6 million worth of counterfeit vinyl records to collectors
By Christiaan HetznerApril 6, 2023
Elon Musk's younger brother Kimbal, a director on Tesla's board, sold 100,000 shares in the carmaker this week.
TechElon Musk’s brother Kimbal dumps $17 million worth of Tesla shares on the market
By Christiaan HetznerApril 6, 2023
Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is known as the SPAC king.
TechSPAC king Chamath Palihapitiya warns faux profits no longer cut it now that startups forced to quit zero-interest-rate policy era cold turkey
By Christiaan HetznerApril 5, 2023
Profile view of Virgin Orbit founder Richard Branson.
TechTop exec at Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit blames CEO and board for bankruptcy sale 
By Christiaan HetznerApril 5, 2023
J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned against a hasty, unconsidered policy response in the wake of SVB's collapse.
FinanceJamie Dimon urges policymakers to avoid ‘knee-jerk, whack-a-mole’ regulations in aftermath of SVB and Signature Bank collapse
By Christiaan HetznerApril 4, 2023
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy.
TechElon Musk’s SpaceX has one less competitor as fellow billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
By Christiaan HetznerApril 4, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
TechElon Musk’s swelling inventories of unsold Tesla cars have Wall Street worried
By Christiaan HetznerApril 3, 2023
Nouriel Roubini expects an economic crash is inevitable.
Finance‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini warns economic ‘trilemma’ is making a financial crash inevitable
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 31, 2023
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