Ronny Chieng is a stand-up comedian. Ronny is Chinese, born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and grew up in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, and Singapore. He went to Australia to study at the University of Melbourne, and in 2009 he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree.

In 2012, The Age named Ronny one of the 5 best up-and-coming artists to watch, and the Sydney Morning Herald named him one of Australia's 10 best up-and-coming comedians.

In 2012, Ronny presented his debut hour-long comedy special "The Ron Way" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Comedy Festival, receiving rave reviews, for which he was awarded the Best Newcomer award at MICF 2012, completely selling out the entire four-week run, including additional higher-capacity shows added due to demand.

Ronny was invited twice to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs comedy festival (2012 and 2013) in Montreal and at the SOHO Theatre in London's West End, where he completely sold out the entire two-week run.