Ben Bergman

Ben Bergman is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, where he investigates the tech industry with a focus on venture capital and startups.

Ben also frequently commentates on tech industry news on platforms such as CNN, CBS News, and Vox's Today, Explained. 

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Here are some examples of stories I've written:

• Adam Neumann created a secretive billion-dollar startup to turn apartment living into a utopian fantasy. I was the first reporter to set foot inside.

• '2024 will be the year of the zombie VC reckoning.' The first wave of walking-dead venture firms is here and it's already causing headaches for tech founders.

• 'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out.

• How Silicon Valley Imploded

• Exclusive: Union Square Ventures warned startup founders in November to diversify their deposit holdings after alarm over Silicon Valley Bank

• Half of Sequoia Capital's VC funds since 2018 have posted losses for the University of California's endowment

• How Whitney Wolfe Herd's fateful deal with a Russian mogul deprived early Bumble employees of a stock windfall when she became a billionaire

• Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

• 'My job is not to be the best friend of the CEO': Upfront's Mark Suster prides himself on being hard on founders, but some say his tough-love approach has gone too far

• Exclusive: The University of California has invested billions in venture capital firms since 2000 and it has lost hundreds of millions so far. Here's why.

Here is a little more about me: 

Before I joined Insider, I was a senior reporter at dot.LA and produced two investigative documentaries for public television, one of which won first place in the 2020 Los Angeles Press Club investigation category. The judges called it "in-depth and informative reporting at its best."

I spent the 2017-2018 academic year at Columbia Business School as a Knight-Bagehot fellow in economic and business journalism taking MBA-level courses in corporate finance, financial accounting, and corporate strategy. After that, I oversaw development of The Journal, a daily podcast produced by The Wall Street Journal and Gimlet Media.

Previously, I was a senior reporter and host at KPCC/Southern California Public Radio, where I covered business and economics. I was frequently heard nationally on NPR and Marketplace, and often hosted KPCC's daily two-hour newsmagazine, Take Two, as well as Morning Edition and major breaking news coverage. In addition, I moderated business/economic-focused live events for KPCC, the Milken Institute and RAND Corporation.

Before joining KPCC, I was a producer for NPR's Morning Edition based in Washington D.C. and then Culver City, CA. I have also written for The New York Times and Columbia Journalism Review and was a reporting intern at The Times.

Originally from Seattle, I graduated cum laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a degree in politics.

In my free time, I love skiing, poker, and tennis – and cheering on the Seattle Seahawks.