Thomas Schultz

The impact of the digital revolution

Business and technology correspondent for Der SPIEGEL

Thomas Schulz is the business correspondent in the US for the German newsmagazine Der SPIEGEL. Based in San Francisco, he covers Silicon Valley and the tech industry. His long-form reporting is focused on analyzing the leading internet and high-tech companies, taking deep-dives into the technological progress driving computer science and biotech. For years, Schulz has been writing about the impact of the digital revolution on society, politics and culture.

Thomas Schulz is the business and technology correspondent for the German newsmagazine Der SPIEGEL. Originally based in New York starting in 2008, he reported extensively about the financial crisis. Since late 2012 he has been based in San Francisco, covering Silicon Valley and the tech industry.

His long-form reporting is focused on analyzing the leading internet and high-tech companies, taking deep-dives into the technological progress driving computer science and biotech. For years, Schulz has been writing about the impact of the digital revolution on society, politics and culture.

Thomas holds two master's degrees: In political science from Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and in communications from University of Miami. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, focused on research about globalization. He received multiple awards for excellence in journalism.