# Herbert Ong

> Herbert Ong is a Bellevue-based founder, former Healthentic CEO and creator of Brighter with Herbert. A Tesla investor since 2012, he tracks company milestones, interviews members of the Tesla community and maintains the Brighter $TSLA resource collection. His earlier career includes product and executive work at Philips and Thomson Reuters.

- **Role:** Host and creator at Brighter with Herbert
- **Organizations:** Brighter with Herbert, Brighter $TSLA, Healthentic, Brighter Ventures Inc., Juva Health, Philips, Thomson Reuters, Mandalena
- **Education:** BSc, The University of British Columbia, MBA, Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded Healthentic and served as CEO., Created the Brighter with Herbert interview channel and podcast., Built the Brighter $TSLA resource collection, advertised with more than fifteen modules.

## Career timeline

- **1996-1998** — Studied for an MBA at Simon Fraser University.
- **2005** — Studied product design, development and management at MIT Sloan.
- **2012** — Began investing in Tesla, according to his personal website.
- **2013** — Publicly profiled as Healthentic co-founder and CEO; described a customer-first approach to building products.
- **2022-06** — Podcast archive lists episode one, an interview with Tesla Joy, dated June 10.
- **2024-05** — Discussed Tesla autonomous driving and robotaxis with Brian Wang.
- **2025-06** — Participated as an invited rider in Tesla’s limited Austin robotaxi launch.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on The IDEAL Investor to discuss Tesla and AI.
- **2026-07** — Shared his interview with Jeff Lutz and Tesla vehicle engineering VP Lars Moravy.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Healthentic and served as CEO.
- Created the Brighter with Herbert interview channel and podcast.
- Built the Brighter $TSLA resource collection, advertised with more than fifteen modules.
- Joined the invited group of riders at Tesla’s June 2025 Austin robotaxi launch.
- Interviewed Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy with Jeff Lutz.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Ong shared an interview with Lars Moravy and Jeff Lutz; subsequent coverage highlighted the discussion of factory validation and cabin microphones.

## Links

- Website: https://www.herbertong.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/herbertong
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/herbertong
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrighterwithHerbert/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/herbert-ong
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-08