Bastian Obermayer

Bastian Obermayer
Born

1977 (age 3839)


Rosenheim

Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Deutsche Journalistenschule
Occupation investigative journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Known for Panama Papers

Bastian Obermayer (born 1977 in Rosenheim) is a German journalist with the investigative unit of the Munich-based newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), and the first person contacted by the anonymous source who leaked the Panama Papers.[1][2][3][4] Obermayer is also author of several books, among them his best selling account of the Panama Papers: The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money.[5]

Bastian Obermayer was born in 1977, and studied politics, history and American studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich as well as journalism at the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich.[6]

Publications

Awards and honours

Obermayer has received the Theodor Wolff Prize in 2009, the Henri Nannen Prize in 2010 and the Helmut Schmidt Prize in 2013.[5]

References

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