Linda Ong

Linda Ong is the CEO and Founder of TruthCo., an omnicultural branding and insights firm. Ong has been at the center of some of the most high-profile brand transformations in the media and entertainment industry over the past 20 years and was named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2014. TruthCo.’s most notable projects include brand strategy for History, Ellen, Animal Planet, Bravo, and the Univision Communications Inc. portfolio of brands.

Ong was an “Innovation Ambassador” to the 2014 United Nations World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a delegate to the 2016 United Nations Media for Social Impact Summit. In 2015 she was appointed by the White House’s Office of Public Engagement as a founding member of the Creative Alliance for Civic Nation.

Prior to founding TruthCo., Ong was an art director at McCann Erickson, Managing Director/Strategy at Lee Hunt Associates and SVP Marketing for the multi-platform launch of Oxygen Network.