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The Axel Springer Award is an annual award given to outstanding personalities who are "exceptionally innovative, create new markets and change markets, shape culture, and face up to their social responsibility". The award, which does not involve a cash prize,[1] was presented for the first time in 2016.[2] The award winners are selected by the Executive Board of the publishing house Axel Springer SE.[3]
Laureates
[edit]- 2016: Mark Zuckerberg[2]
- 2017: Timothy Berners-Lee[4]
- 2018: Jeff Bezos[5]
- 2019: Shoshana Zuboff[6]
- 2020: Elon Musk[7]
- 2021: Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci[8]
- 2022: Volodymyr Zelenskyy[9]
- 2023: Satya Nadella[10]
- 2025: Sam Altman[11]
- 2026: Peter Thiel[12][13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "About the Award". axelspringer.com. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
- ^ a b "Axel Springer ruft Axel Springer Award ins Leben – Mark Zuckerberg erster Preisträger". Axel Springer SE (in German). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Axel Springer Award 2020". Axel Springer Award. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Meier, Christian (2 May 2017). "Tim Berners-Lee bekommt Axel Springer Award – "Brauchen das offene Web"". Die Welt. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ ""Ein Fauxpas erster Güte"". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ WELT (7 November 2019). "Shoshana Zuboff erhält Axel Springer Award". DIE WELT. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ WELT (22 September 2020). "Elon Musk bekommt Axel Springer Award". DIE WELT. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "- Axel Springer Award für BioNtech-Gründer". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ WELT (2 March 2022). "Selenskyj: Ukrainischer Präsident wird mit Axel Springer Award ausgezeichnet". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Sommerfeld, Julia (10 October 2023). "October 17: Satya Nadella to receive Axel Springer Award". axel springer. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Sam Altman to Receive 2025 Axel Springer Award". axelspringer.com. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Peter Thiel to Receive the 2026 Axel Springer Award". axelspringer.com. 17 July 2026.
- ^ Spiegel, Der (17 July 2026). "Peter Thiel mit Axel-Springer-Award 2026 geehrt". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2026.
- ^ "In eigener Sache: Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026". Die Welt (in German). 17 July 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.