Beat Balzli

Beat Balzli (* 1966 in Hamburg ) is a Swiss journalist .

Life

Growing up in Lucerne , Balzli studied economics and business administration in Bern and Paris and turned to business journalism after completing his studies . After various positions in Switzerland - at the Handelszeitung , the SonntagsZeitung and at Facts - he joined the Hamburg news magazine Der Spiegel in 2001 as an editor . From October 2010 to August 2013, Beat Balzli was editor-in-chief of the Handelszeitung . From 2013 he worked in the chief editor of the world group and, as deputy chief editor, was mainly responsible for Welt am Sonntag . At the end of 2016, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Wirtschaftswoche on April 1, 2017 .

Awards

His editorial work earned him several awards, including:

• 2008: Helmut Schmidt Journalist Award (2nd place)
• 2009: Henri Nannen Prize
• 2009: Herbert Quandt Media Prize
• 2009: “Business Journalist of the Year 2009”, awarded by the business journalist magazine
• 2010: Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for business journalism in the print category, together with Michaela Schießl and Thomas Schulz

Works (selection)

• Trustee of the Empire. Switzerland and the fortunes of the Nazi victims: a search for clues. Werd Verlag, Zurich 1997, ISBN 978-3-85932-213-4

Web links

• Beat Balzli's website (photo art)
• Ronnie Grob: Beyond the cozy atmosphere. In: Medienwoche.ch. August 7, 2013 (interview)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beat Balzli becomes the new editor-in-chief of HANDELSZEITUNG. In the Axel Springer AG website of April 27, 2010
2. ↑ Personal details of the WELT Group. In: Axel Springer AG website of May 21, 2013
3. ↑ On my own behalf: Miriam Meckel becomes editor of WirtschaftsWoche, Beat Balzli becomes editor-in-chief. In: www.wiwo.de. Retrieved January 11, 2017 .