Hi! We are Datawrapper.
Datawrapper is a tool created by more than 20 people. We work together to create the best data visualization tool for everyone who wants to show their data in beautiful charts, maps, and tables.
As toolmakers, we share the responsibility for the design of the charts, maps, and tables our users create. We think a lot about what makes a good visualization good. What’s important for our users. And what’s important for those who will eventually look at their visualizations.
Our background helps: We spent many years studying data visualization and working as practitioners in international newsrooms like The New York Times, NPR, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg, Correctiv and ZEIT Online. We’ve given dozens (hundreds?) of workshops and talks, contributed to community discussions through widely shared blog posts and worked on open source tools and resources that are being used around the world.
We learned a thing or two about good visualization design. Now we want to make our users benefit from these learnings – so that they can skip the beginner’s mistakes and create well-designed charts, maps, and tables.
Our team
David Kokkelink (he/him, @DavidKokkelink) is a co-founder and co-CEO of Datawrapper. Originally a software developer, he works across our customer-facing and product development teams to make sure Datawrapper is headed in the right direction. David lives in Berlin.
Elana Levin Schtulberg (she/her, @elanaEllesce) is co-CEO of Datawrapper and head of Visualization. Together with her team, she builds new visualization types and features for Datawrapper. Elana has a background in physics and design and sees data visualization as a perfect intersection of the two. She lives in Berlin.
Mirko Lorenz (he/him, @mirkolorenz@vis.social, LinkedIn) is a co-founder of Datawrapper and a member of the advisory board. Before that, he served as CEO and later co-CEO of the company for almost 10 years since its inception in 2012. Mirko lives in Cologne.
Gregor Aisch (he/him, @gka@vis.social) is a co-founder of Datawrapper. He started working on Datawrapper in 2012 and spent four years making graphics at The New York Times. Gregor is on sabbatical until fall 2024. He lives in Berlin.
David Wendler (he/him, @newreld) is Datawrapper’s head of Design. He’s responsible for all things design at Datawrapper, especially the interface and user experience. David worked as a designer in several roles; most recently in a newsroom visualizing data with journalists. He lives in Berlin.
Margaux Bourdon (she/her) is Datawrapper’s head of Support & Customer Success, answering your emails together with her team. Outside of work, you’ll find her wondering which craft to learn next or wandering flea markets. Don’t hesitate to reach out – even for the easiest things – at support@datawrapper.de. Margaux lives in Lyon.
Lisa Charlotte Muth (she/her, @lisacmuth, @lisacmuth@vis.social) is Datawrapper’s head of Communications. She writes about best practices in data visualization and thinks of new ways to excite you about charts and maps. Lisa lives in Berlin.
Marten Sigwart (he/him, @martensigwart) is Datawrapper’s head of App development and, as such, responsible for the Datawrapper editor, team settings, and more. Outside of Datawrapper, you’ll find him either working on one of his side projects or exploring Berlin, playing football, and enjoying the sun.
Jakub Valenta (he/him) is Datawrapper’s head of Platform development. He makes sure our servers run smoothly and the print export produces high-quality results. He also makes conceptual art and never stops being excited that the world exists. Jakub lives in Berlin.
Daniela Haake (she/her) is Datawrapper’s head of Operations. She is responsible for human resources, accounting, and information security. When she is not managing our office, she works as a business coach to help people find solutions to their individual problems. Daniela lives in Berlin.
Hendrik Bartusch (he/him, @eXo_X5) is a backend developer at Datawrapper. Since he believes that only code that you wrote yourself, is code you truly understand (which is important for maintenance and debugging), he is often coding until late in the night until something is really DONE.
Ivan Lokhov (he/him, @ilokhov) is a data visualization developer at Datawrapper. When coding at Datawrapper just isn’t enough, he creates his own visualisations. Ivan enjoys exploring rural areas around Berlin, drinking tea, and listening to electronic music from the 90s.
Anna Thieme (she/her) is a basemap creator at Datawrapper and takes care of adding and updating the administrative regions for choropleth and symbol maps. She’s also the author of our Map Stories series. You need a map? Get in touch with her at support@datawrapper.de. Anna lives in Berlin.
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney (@rosemintzers) writes for the blog at Datawrapper. She’s here to talk data vis, tell stories, and tweak punctuation. The rest of the time, you can find her exploring new cities and googling the etymology of every word you say. Drop her a line at rose@datawrapper.de.
Shaylee Safie (she/her) joined Datawrapper’s support team in 2022, after she visited Berlin one time and immediately knew she needed to move here. Outside of work, you can find her knitting, listening to podcasts, or exploring the city. If you’re trying to get a tricky data set to behave in Datawrapper, she’d love to help at support@datawrapper.de.
Livnah (she/her) is Datawrapper’s office manager and part of the Operations team. She helps customers resolve any issues with payments and takes care of all the needs in our office as well as the patio and garden.
Elliot Bentley (he/him, @elliot_bentley) is a senior data visualisation developer at Datawrapper, based in London. He previously worked on interactive graphics and internal tools at The Wall Street Journal and created the popular web app oTranscribe. Outside of work, Elliot likes to make his own video games.
Guillermina Sutter Schneider (she/her, @gsutters) is a product specialist at Datawrapper and part of the Sales team. She helps you get the most out of the tool through our webinars. A data visualization designer herself, Guillermina likes coding, color theory, numbers, and Berlin – not necessarily in that order.
Jack Goodall (he/him) is a software developer in Datawrapper’s App team. He’s keen on squashing bugs and optimizing performance. When he’s not clacking away at his keyboard, he enjoys skiing, photography, rock climbing, and twiddling his mustache. Jack lives in Lyon.
Antonio Sarcevic (he/him, @SarcevicAntonio) is a software developer excited by UI development. He is part of the app team and works towards making the user experience of Datawrapper as slick as possible. He helps maintain SvelteLab and also creates Svelte and web dev guides on sarcevic.dev and YouTube. AFK Toni loves going to concerts, riding his fingerboard and visiting friends.
Luc Guillemot (he/they, @Luc) is a developer at Datawrapper, working on everything related to visualizations. You can find data visualizations he has created as a data journalist and social scientist on his website. When not making sure your labels have the correct position, you can maybe spot him running in the forests around Berlin, or listening to Hyperpop.
Michael Do Thoi (he/him) is on the Support & Customer Success team. If you’re trying to figure something out in Datawrapper, he’s all ears (and eyes, if you message support@datawrapper.de). When not talking or typing, Michi’s probably thinking deeply about food or music. He lives in Berlin.
How to reach us
Do you have questions or feedback? Do you want to work with us? We’re always happy to hear from you.
