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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.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
Leadership
Elon Musk’s biography author Walter Isaacson is already forced to correct one controversial detail
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 11, 2023
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
Retail
Retail theft has gotten so bad Walmart is building a police station inside an Atlanta store
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 8, 2023
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
Politics
Goldman Sachs warns that Russia and Saudi cuts could send oil prices above $100 a barrel by the end of 2024, just in time for Election Day
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 7, 2023
Cupra boss Wayne Griffiths
Tech
The CEO of the hottest new car brand in Europe reveals what it will take to bring Cupra to America
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 6, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk found a clever way to outwit bears and fund his Twitter deal at the same time.
Tech
In unorthodox move, Elon Musk borrowed $1 billion from SpaceX during ongoing Twitter deal
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 6, 2023
Twitter owner Elon Musk
Tech
Elon Musk threatens ADL with lawsuit seeking billions in damages, blaming advocacy group for loss of advertising 
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 5, 2023
Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD Co.
Europe
Europe’s biggest car show was long the stomping ground of German brands—but it’s now ‘become the China show’ 
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 5, 2023
SEAT chief executive Wayne Griffiths
Leadership
How one man sold risk-averse Volkswagen on an unproven idea and launched Europe’s hottest new car brand
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 4, 2023
Twitter owner Elon Musk
Tech
Elon Musk’s ‘ruthless’ plan to close his Twitter deal early let him fire the social media company’s top execs—and stop them collecting a ‘$200 million’ payout
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 1, 2023
UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti
Finance
UBS reaps windfall gain from Credit Suisse deal after Swiss bank nabs rival for bargain $29 billion discount 
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 31, 2023
Short seller Jim Chanos
Finance
Short-seller Jim Chanos called Vietnamese carmaker VinFast a $200 billion ‘meme stock’—the price collapsed hours later
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 30, 2023
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger
Lifestyle
Disney seeks to stem the bleeding of Indian subscribers by gambling on free Cricket World Cup streaming
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 29, 2023
A worried stock market trader looks up at the big board.
Finance
Vishal Garg, the CEO who mass-sacked employees over Zoom, suffers epic SPAC disaster as Better.com shares nose-dive over 90%
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 25, 2023
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg has come under fire for the way he's treated employees.
Finance
The CEO famous for sacking 900 staff via Zoom says he’s worked ‘really, really hard’ to change, as Better.com tests SPAC waters
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 24, 2023
VinFast chairman and founder Pham Nhat Vuong
Finance
Watch out, Elon Musk—Vietnam’s new carmaker nips at Tesla’s heels after surpassing Mercedes and BMW in value a week into its SPAC listing
By Christiaan HetznerAugust 23, 2023
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