Axel Kaiser Barents von Hohenhagen is a Chilean-German lawyer, holding a Master's degree in Investments, Commerce, and Arbitration, a Master of Arts, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is a best-selling author and co-founder and president of Chile's Foundation for Progress, one of Latin America's most influential think tanks. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the Archbridge Institute in Washington, D.C., and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute for Economic Freedom at Florida International University and Academic Director of the Faro think tank in Argentina. One of the most prominent intellectuals in the Spanish-speaking world, his commentary has been featured in major outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Quillette, Forbes, Newsweek, and the New York Post. According to a 2021 study by the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Applied Economics, Axel Kaiser ranked third among the economists and public figures with the greatest global impact on economic discussions on Twitter in Latin America, Spain, and the United States, following only Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and Argentine President Javier Milei.