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Frank Sieren
Business journalist,
Beijing, China
Frank Sieren is one of Ger-
many’s top experts on China
and has written a number of
business bestsellers about the
country. From Beijing, where
he has lived since 1994, he
reports on the breathtaking
developments in China. On a
walk with Audi Chairman
Rupert Stadler and Zhu Yan-
feng, long-time President of
China FAW Group Corpora-
tion, Frank Sieren experi-
enced a global metropolis
gripped by Olympic fever.
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Marlis Prinzing
Science journalist,
Süßen, Germany
With her series of talks,“Das
Rote Sofa,” Marlis Prinzing
spent eight years touring
Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
90 prominent names from
the worlds of business and
society submitted to her
tenacious questions. One
name was still missing on her
list: Frank Schätzing, who
touched the ecological con-
sciences with his bestseller,
“The Swarm.” Now, Prinzing
has finally interviewed him,
sitting high above the roof-
tops of Cologne, Germany,
his native city. Page 72
Zoltán Tarpai
Lifestyle writer,
Budapest, Hungary
Zoltán Tarpai loves the finer
things in life. Not just wine
and cigars, about which he
writes regularly for lifestyle
magazines, but also beautiful
cars. For his tribute to lea-
ther, Zoltán took a tour of
the factory of László Vass,
home of the latter’s famous
Budapest shoes, and paid a
visit to Lamborghini in
Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy.
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Wladimir Kaminer
Bestselling author
Berlin, Germany
Without speaking a word of
German, Wladimir Kaminer
arrived in East Berlin in 1990
from Russia. He now writes
German in a congenial and
witty style. His tales often
have an autobiographical
stamp, and the story “Rapid
Russians”describes his best
friend Andrej’s complex
relationship with a yellow
Moskvitch. Page 40
Vir Sanghvi
Business journalist,
New Delhi, India
The editorial director of the
Hindustan Times, a major
English-language newspaper
from the subcontinent, is one
of the country’s best-known
journalists. He has witnessed
at first hand and written
about the careers of major
business players such as Nan-
dan Nilekani. Sanghvi is also
one of India’s most popular
talk show hosts. For this An-
nual Report, he takes a close
look at India’s economic
miracle. Page 14
Authors & Artists
The faces behind the stories
Photos: Thomas Walter, Enno Kapitza, ZB/picture alliance, Paul Schmitz, private (3)
Tatjana Pokorny
Sports writer,
Hamburg, Germany
For 12 years, Tatjana Pokorny
has covered the world’s best
sailing crews both in public
and in private. In 2003 and
2007 she even moved to Auck-
land, New Zealand, and Va-
lencia, Spain, for six months
during the America’s Cup.
World-class sailor Jochen
Schümann and Axel Strotbek,
Member of the Board for Fi-
nance and Organization of
AUDI AG, met her in the
Audi wind tunnel.
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*Fuel consumption and emission figures at the end of the annual report.