Candy Cheng

Candy Cheng is a senior correspondent on the startups and venture capital team at Business Insider, based in San Francisco.

Prior to Business Insider, Cheng was the executive producer of Bloomberg Studio 1.0, Bloomberg Television's long-form interview series, where she's produced conversations with industry leaders including, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Alibaba founder Jack Ma. She was also the head of technology interviews, regularly booking top tech executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and other newsmakers for Bloomberg Media Group, including Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, and former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.

In her time at Bloomberg, she helped launch several TV news programs, including "Lunch Money," "Bloomberg West," "Studio 1.0" and "Bloomberg Technology." She also spearheaded Bloomberg TV's coverage of major technology IPOs including Facebook, Alibaba, and Uber.

Prior to joining Bloomberg in 2010, Cheng was a producer for CNBC's "Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer." She was in charge of the "Mad Money Back to School Tour," producing remote shows with 1,000+ audience members in locations such as the University of Southern California, The University of Virginia, and The University of Texas at Austin.

Cheng graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a concentration in foreign policy. She went on to earn a Master's Degree in Journalism from Columbia University.