Emily Chang
Emily Chang is an Emmy Award–winning journalist, author, and one of Bloomberg’s leading voices on technology, business, and culture. As host and executive producer of The Circuit with Emily Chang and Posthuman, she travels the world to meet the founders, innovators, and cultural icons shaping our future—and to explore what it means to be human in an age of extraordinary technological change.
Her 2018 bestseller Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley exposed gender inequality in the tech world and became a rallying cry for inclusion in one of the most powerful sectors on earth. The powerful exposé draws from over two hundred interviews Chang conducted across the industry, from engineers and video game designers to former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. She explores how bro culture took root in spite of the industry’s utopian ideals, how misogyny has kept women from access to wealth and power, and how some women are speaking out and fighting back. It was longlisted for Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2018 and the 2018 800-CEO-Read Business Books Awards, and was named one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far, Tech Crunch‘s Best Tech Books of 2018, and Financial Times Best Books of 2018.
“Chang’s scrutiny breaks open a wide doorway, allowing fresh ideas about a tainted industry to circulate and spark discussions. A thorough, important examination…”
—Kirkus Reviews
For more than a decade, Chang anchored Bloomberg Technology, the network’s flagship daily program on innovation and the global tech industry. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in business and beyond, from Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman to Reese Witherspoon, Stephen Curry, and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
A powerful advocate for women in the workforce, Chang has worked her way to prominence in a male-dominated field and shines a journalistic light on issues such as diversity, inclusivity, and the future of work. She also played herself in several cameos of HBO’s hit show Silicon Valley.
For more information, please visit The Circuit with Emily Chang.
Emily Chang is an Emmy Award–winning journalist, author, and one of Bloomberg’s leading voices on technology, business, and culture. As host and executive producer of The Circuit with Emily Chang and Posthuman, she travels the world to meet the founders, innovators, and cultural icons shaping our future—and to explore what it means to be human in an age of extraordinary technological change.
Her 2018 bestseller Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley exposed gender inequality in the tech world and became a rallying cry for inclusion in one of the most powerful sectors on earth. The powerful exposé draws from over two hundred interviews Chang conducted across the industry, from engineers and video game designers to former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. She explores how bro culture took root in spite of the industry’s utopian ideals, how misogyny has kept women from access to wealth and power, and how some women are speaking out and fighting back. It was longlisted for Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2018 and the 2018 800-CEO-Read Business Books Awards, and was named one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far, Tech Crunch‘s Best Tech Books of 2018, and Financial Times Best Books of 2018.
“Chang’s scrutiny breaks open a wide doorway, allowing fresh ideas about a tainted industry to circulate and spark discussions. A thorough, important examination…”
—Kirkus Reviews
For more than a decade, Chang anchored Bloomberg Technology, the network’s flagship daily program on innovation and the global tech industry. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in business and beyond, from Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman to Reese Witherspoon, Stephen Curry, and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
A powerful advocate for women in the workforce, Chang has worked her way to prominence in a male-dominated field and shines a journalistic light on issues such as diversity, inclusivity, and the future of work. She also played herself in several cameos of HBO’s hit show Silicon Valley.
For more information, please visit The Circuit with Emily Chang.
Brotopia: Combating Bias and Inequality in Tech and Business
After years of increased progress for women, people of color, and other marginalized identities, the world is entering a state of regression. With the rise of the Silicon Valley tech bros, lingering employment disruption from the pandemic, and mass industry layoffs often disproportionately affecting these underrepresented groups, are we in a situation where we’re taking one step forward only to be knocked two steps back? How do we ensure true change? Emily Chang asserts that lasting change requires genuine introspection and a collective commitment to progress—not only for a more equitable workforce but for the advancement of society as a whole. She poses difficult yet essential questions about the systemic flaws that perpetuate inequality and offers concrete steps to dismantle the barriers that hinder progress. She calls on all individuals to become agents of change, challenging everyone to contribute to creating a more inclusive and equal world.
Beyond the Headlines: An Insider’s Perspective on Tech’s Next Big Thing
Decades ago, when we imagined a world fueled by technology, visions of flying cars, jetpacks, and five-course meals ready in seconds at the push of a button flooded our imaginations. We’re not quite there yet, but with the advent of smart devices, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and cryptocurrency, the irreversible impact tech has had on our society cannot be ignored. The world’s relationship with tech is vastly different than it was just 10 years ago, and completely distinct from life 50 years ago. Where will we be 10, 20, 30 years from now? In this ever-changing talk from veteran tech reporter Emily Chang, who spent 12 years hosting the daily Bloomberg Technology show and now interviews tech’s biggest changemakers weekly on The Circuit, you’ll unwrap emerging tech trends and get ahead of the curve on the changes coming to business and culture worldwide.
Selected Articles
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Wants Us to Stop Treating AI Like Humans, Bloomberg
Inside the Coups and Concessions That Brought Altman Back to Open AI, Bloomberg
Altman Is Back at OpenAI, But Questions Remain as to Why He Was Fired in First Place, Bloomberg
Women Are Asking for Promotions, But Men Keep Getting Them, Bloomberg
Chang’s scrutiny breaks open a wide doorway, allowing fresh ideas about a tainted industry to circulate and spark discussions.
[Chang] goes far beyond the salacious to offer an important examination of why the technology industry is so dominated by men—and how women are pushing back.
[Chang] is clearly engaged with and often incensed by her subject, and the best parts…are those moments when she actively resists the ‘it’s all good’ ethos of the Bay Area and cuts down chauvinism with the disdain it deserves.
- WATCH: 20 Years of Tech Interviews: Emily Chang’s Most Revealing Conversations, Behind the Byline
- WATCH: Keynote, Bend Venture Conference
- WATCH: LinkedIn Speaker Series: Emily Chang, LinkedIn
- WATCH: Women’s History, Present and Future: A Talk with Emily Chang, DreamBank
- READ: Why sexism is rife in Silicon Valley, The Guardian
- READ: Review of Brotopia, The New York Times Book Review
- READ: How Silicon Valley Came to Be a Land of ‘Bros’, The New York Times
- Inside Silicon Valley: A Conversation with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang, Forbes
- ‘Brotopia’ author Emily Chang answers your questions, PBS News
BOOKS
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
Brotopia is more than a business book. Silicon Valley holds extraordinary power over our present lives as well as whatever utopia (or nightmare) might come next.
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