Degree in Economics and Political Science, Cologne University; degrees in Journalism, Kölner Journalistenschule and Centre de Formation des Journalistes (CFJ), Paris. 1990, started journalistic career as Paris Business Correspondent, Die Zeit, a German weekly; 1995, moved to California to write about the Internet for German publications. 1998, joined The Economist as US Technology Correspondent; 2003-08, Germany Correspondent, Berlin; 2008-11, covered the IT industry, London; 2011-14, Online Business and Finance Editor, London; 2014-2018 Technology Editor, London; since March 2019 US Technology Editor, San Francisco. From November 2018 to March 2019 Mercator Technology Fellow at the policy-planning unit of the German Foreign Office in Berlin.