Steffen Klusmann

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Steffen Klusmann
Born (1966-03-15) 15 March 1966 (age 57)
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist

Steffen Klusmann (born 15 March 1966) is a German journalist. From 2019 to 2023 he was editor-in-chief of Hamburg magazine Der Spiegel . [1] [2] Previously, Klusmann was deputy editor-in-chief at magazines such as Stern , Financial Times Deutschland , Capital and Business Punk .

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Life

Klusmann studied economics in Mainz, Glasgow and Hamburg. After his training at the Georg von Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists in Düsseldorf, he worked for several years as an editor in the Department of Economics and Politics for the journal WirtschaftsWoche . From 1996, he reported for Manager Magazin on trends in economic policy and technology. In 1999 he moved to the editorial department of the new newspaper Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), which appeared in February 2000. He was initially responsible for background reports and comments, later becoming chief on duty. In 2003, Klusmann briefly returned to Manager Magazin, where he held the position of deputy editor-in-chief. In August 2004 he went back to the FTD, where he received the editor-in-chief position as successor to Christoph Keese. On 1 April 2009 he was also assigned the same position at Capital .[ citation needed ]

He was also spokesman for the editors-in-chief of the Gruner + Jahr business media. After hiring the FTD, he moved in March 2013 as deputy editor-in-chief of the star. From November 2013 to August 2018 Steffen Klusmann was editor-in-chief of Manager Magazin. [3]

On 22 August 2018 it was announced that Klusmann would succeed Klaus Brinkbäumer as chairman of the editorship of Der Spiegel , responsible for both the printed magazine as well as for the news portal "Spiegel Online". [4]

Other activities

Klusmann is an honorary jury member at "Top 100", an award for the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany. [5]

Publications

Klusmann is editor of several books:

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References

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  5. "Wahl der drei Besten: durch die TOP 100-Jury". TOP 100 (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.