Erika Cheung

Whistleblower
Erika Cheung was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal.

Why you should listen

Erika Cheung was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal that stopped the company from processing thousands of patients samples with faulty technology.

After working for biotechnology companies, she committed herself to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hong Kong and throughout Asia. She helped launch Betatron, a startup accelerator based in Hong Kong. She is also an advisor for a number of VC firms helping biotech and healthcare companies in emerging markets. 

She is now the co-founder and executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit with the mission of fostering ethical culture and systems for stakeholders in startup ecosystems.    

She graduated from UC Berkeley with a dual degree in cellular and molecular biology and linguistics. 

 

Erika Cheung’s TED talk