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Ellen Huet is an American journalist known for her investigative reporting on startups, Silicon Valley culture, and technology. She is a features writer for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, where she covers topics including artificial intelligence, consumer technology, and tech industry power dynamics. [1]
Huet was born and raised in Fremont, California [ when? ]. She attended Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science.[ citation needed ] During her time at Stanford, she was a senior staff writer and managing news editor for The Stanford Daily. [2]
Huet began her journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she covered crime and breaking news. [3] She later joined Forbes as a staff writer, reporting on technology and its societal impacts. [4] In December 2015, she joined Bloomberg, where she continues to focus on in-depth stories related to the tech industry and startup culture. [1]
In 2018, Huet wrote an investigative piece for Bloomberg Businessweek titled "The Dark Side of the Orgasmic Meditation Company", which examined OneTaste, a company promoting "orgasmic meditation". The article detailed allegations of abusive labor practices and coercion within the organization. [5] The company was later investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [6]
In 2020, Huet reported and hosted the seven-part narrative podcast Foundering, which examined the rise and fall of WeWork and its co-founder Adam Neumann. [7] [8] The podcast received first place in the SABEW Best in Business audio category and was a finalist for the Livingston Award. [9] [10] In 2024, Huet hosted another season of Foundering, which chronicled the founding and internal power struggles at OpenAI, with a character study of CEO Sam Altman. [11] [12]
Huet has received several accolades throughout her career:
