Emily Chang (born August 11, 1980) is an American journalist, television host, executive producer, and author. In 2023, she launched a new show with Bloomberg Originals called The Circuit[3] where she interviews influencers in technology, business, entertainment and culture. In addition to a premium show, extended interviews are released in The Circuit podcast. Chang was the anchor and executive producer of Bloomberg Technology for over a decade, a daily TV show focused on global technology, and Studio 1.0,[4] where she regularly spoke with top executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Chang is the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, which explores gender inequality in the tech industry.
Early life and education
Chang was born as Emily Hsiu-Ching Chang in Honolulu, Hawaii. Chang's mother is Sandra Galeone Chang. Chang's father, Laban Lee Bun Chang (died 2003), was a lawyer. Chang has a sister Sara. Chang grew up in Kailua, Hawaii and graduated from Punahou School in 1998.[5]
Prior to joining CNN in 2007, Chang served as a reporter at KNSD, NBC's affiliate in San Diego, California. There, she filed reports for MSNBC and won five Emmy Awards. She started her career as a news producer at NBC in New York.
From 2007 to 2010, Chang served as an international correspondent for CNN, based in Beijing and London.[8]
In Beijing, she reported on a wide range of stories, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's economic transformation and its environmental consequences, the 2008 South China floods, the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, North Korea's nuclear ambitions and President Obama's historic visit to Asia. During Obama's visit to Shanghai, Chang was briefly detained by the police for her coverage of the banned Oba-mao T-shirt, which depicted the American President dressed in iconic Red Army attire.
In 2010, Chang joined Bloomberg Television. On February 28, 2011, Chang became the anchor of Bloomberg West, the only network or cable TV show based in San Francisco, California[9] at the time. The daily show features original reporting and interviews with tech newsmakers including venture capitalists, CEOs, start-up entrepreneurs, and analysts. In October 2016, the show was renamed Bloomberg Technology. Chang has interviewed top executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, former Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Alibaba Founder Jack Ma. She was the first journalist to interview Amazon founder Jeff Bezos when he landed after an historic Blue Origin flight to space.[10] Chang left Bloomberg Technology on November 10, 2022, after 12 years anchoring the show to launch The Circuit.[11]
Studio 1.0
Chang also hosted Bloomberg Television's long-form interview series, Studio 1.0, where she interviewed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and Mega upload founder Kim Dotcom while he was under house arrest at his New Zealand mansion, among others.
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
Chang is the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, published in February 2018 by Portfolio Books, a division of Penguin Random House.[12][13] The book investigates alleged sexism and gender inequality in Silicon Valley. It was an instant national bestseller and received significant media attention and critical acclaim.
Vanity Fair magazine ran an excerpt from the book in their January 2018 issue titled "Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up": Inside Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Dark Side."[14]Bloomberg Businessweek ran an excerpt titled "Women Once Ruled the Computer World; When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?"[15]
The PBS "NewsHour"-New York Times book club selected Brotopia as their April 2019 book club read.[16]
HBO's Silicon Valley
Chang appeared as herself in the HBO show Silicon Valley, in which she interviewed various characters. She appeared in six episodes across three seasons.[17]
The Circuit
In 2023, Chang launched The Circuit, a premium Bloomberg Originals series,[18] where she interviews influencers at the center of technology, business, entertainment and culture. When she set off to produce the new show, Variety Magazine reported she “may be able to do for technology what Anthony Bourdain did for cuisine.” [19]
In 2024, Bloomberg Originals premiered Posthuman, another premium series where Chang serves as host and executive producer. The show explores the long-term impact of technologies like artificial intelligence, brain computer interfaces, robotics and advanced biotechnology on the human race.
In 2010, Chang married Jonathan DeWees Stull, president of the career services startup Handshake, in Haleiwa, Hawaii.[32][33] The pair have four children and reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.
