Bastian Obermayer

Bastian Obermayer (born 1977 in Rosenheim) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning German investigative journalist with the Munich-based newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), and the reporter who received the Panama Papers from an anonymous source.[1][2][3][4][5]

Bastian Obermayer
Born (1977-12-10) December 10, 1977 (age 47)
NationalityGerman
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich Deutsche Journalistenschule
Occupationinvestigative journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Known forPanama Papers

Obermayer is also author of several books, among them the best selling account of the Panama Papers: The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money[dead link][6] - co-authored by his colleague Frederik Obermaier.

References

  1. "'More headlines to come': Panama papers reporters - The Local". Thelocal.de. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. "How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History". WIRED.com. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. Paun, Carmen. "Journalist at center of Panama leaks: 'Nobody hiding offshore is safe' – POLITICO". Politico.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  4. How a Cryptic Message Interested in Data Led to the Panama Papers. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/business/media/how-a-cryptic-message-interested-in-data-led-to-the-panama-papers.html. Retrieved 2016-04-09. 
  5. "The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  6. "Journalist Profile: Bastian Obermayer". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 10 April 2016.