Charissa Cheong is a First Person Reporter at Business Insider, based in London.
She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in English and has a gold standard NCTJ Level 5 journalism diploma.
She joined Business Insider in 2022 on the Digital Culture desk, covering internet trends, online harassment, and influencer culture.
She now writes first-person articles, helping people with unique stories about their careers, workplaces, and lives to share their experiences using Business Insider’s “As-told-to” story format.
Topics she covers include: navigating disadvantages in the jobseeking world, how visa pathways impact careers, employee experiences inside the world’s biggest companies, and money management or career regrets.
If you have an experience you would like to share in a first-person story for Business Insider, or you’d like to get in touch, email [email protected]
Selected stories:
Returning to working life after a three-year career break due to a breast cancer diagnosis taught Shruti Mangawa how to view success differently.
Miles Schwartz recently moved to the US from Canada. He told BI he hopes the move will help him scale his company to unicorn status.
Robert Furst is a wealth advisor at Merrill Lynch with two kids under 10. He shares how he is already safe guarding his children's financial future.
Tahmina Watson helps businesses apply for employee visas. She says clients are fearful because of Trump's immigration executive orders.
Jatin Sharma's flight to Heathrow Airport turned back to LAX mid-air. As an energy and infrastructure insurance broker, he had a unique insight.
Government employees are panicked and want to switch to corporate jobs, said Erin Kennedy, CEO of Professional Resume Services, Inc.
Kayak co-founder Paul English hid his bipolar diagnosis for years — but he thinks his illness may have made his business more successful.
Mitchell Feldman bought his Tesla in 2022 and loved the car's safety features and high-tech system. He didn't realize it would come with scrutiny.
Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky grew her LinkedIn followers to 18,000 by posting raw, authentic videos on social media.
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2025-03-07T11:35:58Z
Steve Yegge worked at Amazon from 1998 to 2005. Although disagreed with some of the company's practices, he found Bezos difficult to dislike.
While working at McKinsey, Langni Zeng learned the art of "biz rizz" — building relationships to help strengthen your professional reputation.
Deborah Fleischaker, a political appointee at ICE and the DHS under the Biden administration, reflected on her career in an interview with BI.
Working with successful business people and CEOs gives childrens counselor Tim Jordon a unique insight into the mistakes wealthy parents make.
Tech
2025-02-20T11:19:18Z
Raquel Urtasun, the founder of Waabi, shared her strategy for picking investors in a $200 million Series B funding round.
TIGER 21 is a networking group for people with a minimum net worth of $20 million. The founder shares how ultrawealthy members support each other.
Dhruv Loya came to the US as an international student. It took hundreds of applications before he was able to land a job in the country at Tesla.
Lee McKeeman, who's worked for Amazon, Meta, and Google, found out he was autistic in his late 30s. He says it's helped and hindered his career.
Steven Wang had been studying at Harvard for eight months when he decided to drop out to work on Dub — his copy-trading platform — full time.
Alex Acker told BI that becoming a professional athlete helped him support struggling family members, but he also overspent when he was with friends.
Dubai and Singapore are both great cities for doing business, according to entrepreneur Alessandro Palombo, but luxury living can look different.