Since joining Politico in 2015, I have profiled over a dozen decision-makers, from potential future world leaders to forgotten pioneers:

• The man who invented the self-driving car (in 1986). Long before Big Tech got behind the wheel, Ernst Dickmanns unleashed a driverless Mercedes onto the roads of Europe.
  (Politico, July 19, 2018)

• The young, gay, conservative German chancellor-in-waiting. Jens Spahn is positioning himself, with no apologies, to take Angela Merkel’s seat.
  (Politico, May 12, 2016)

• The way of the German privacy warrior. Former Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger doesn’t buy the liberty vs. security argument.
  (Politico, April 18, 2016)

• The climate revolutionary. Christiana Figueres blends tact, emotion and a bit of bullying to get deep emissions cuts in Paris next month.
  (November 10, 2015)