Markus Gürne has been head of the ARD financial desk since January 2012 and reports on the financial markets and events on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
In January 2013, he also took over the moderation of the hr editions of the ARD business magazine programme “Plusminus” as well as the ARD Brennpunkt /ARDextra moderation from Frankfurt. He also presents the business programme “Forum Wirtschaft” for the ARD and ZDF events channel Phoenix.
Prior to this, Markus Gürne was ARD’s foreign correspondent for South Asia, based in New Delhi. In this role, he travelled to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives.
Markus Gürne Lecture topics
- What kind of world do we want to live in?
The lecture is divided into three parts. A current stocktaking with the subtitle: What world do we live in? An outlook into the near future from a geopolitical, economic and financial perspective with the title: What world will we live in? And the part of the title with the name – what world do we want to live in. This illuminates the tools and the necessary steps to maintain peace, freedom and prosperity. And to understand why ecology and economy are not a contradiction in terms, but must go together.
- Turning point – Europe’s role in a changed world
Crises, wars, terror and dependencies. The pressure for change has never been as high as it is today. Europe, and especially Germany with its open business model, need movement at almost all levels. Less dependency, more security, more division of labour, less bureaucracy, more value and also more price. Financial education is therefore more important than ever to maintain prosperity and secure the future. Not only in society, but also individually. Let’s get ready for a new era, because we are already in the midst of it.
Awards:
2020: German Television Award for ARDextra
2020: Ernst Schneider Prize for outstanding business reporting
2011: Nominated for Amnesty International’s “Marl Television Prize for Human Rights”
Markus Gürne began working in journalism at an early age. During his school years, he gained his first experience in the sports editorial department of what was then SDR. After leaving school, he worked there as a freelancer for several years. He studied law, political science and rhetoric in Tübingen, completed a traineeship at SWR and finally joined ARD. In 2002, he set up the stock market reporting programme at SWR.
Markus Gürne trained as a crisis and war reporter in London and then moved to ARD’s Cairo studio, which is responsible for Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the Gulf States.
In 2003, Markus Gürne became ARD’s special correspondent for Iraq, based in Baghdad. After an interlude as editorial director of ARD-aktuell at Hessischer Rundfunk (2005-2008), he moved to New Delhi as ARD’s foreign correspondent.
Markus Gürne was born in Stuttgart in 1970. After graduating from high school and completing his civilian service in Stuttgart, he studied law, political science and general rhetoric at the University of Tübingen. He completed a traineeship at the former Süddeutscher Rundfunk in 1998.