German Gutierrez is a Ph.D. candidate in finance at New York University Stern School of Business. His research interests are in macroeconomics and corporate finance, with a focus on market power of large firms. His dissertation studies the evolution, market power, and optimal regulation of Amazon.com Inc. using a mixture of theoretical models and empirical analysis. He holds a B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in operations research engineering from Cornell University and an M.Phil. in finance from NYU Stern.