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Emma Burleigh

Emma Burleigh is a reporter at Fortune, covering success, careers, entrepreneurship, and personal finance. Before joining the Success desk, she co-authored Fortune’s CHRO Daily newsletter, extensively covering the workplace and the future of jobs. Emma has also written for publications including the Observer and The China Project, publishing long-form stories on culture, entertainment, and geopolitics. She has a joint-master’s degree from New York University in Global Journalism and East Asian Studies.

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Success
Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings says his first boss out of college would wash his dirty mugs at 4:30 a.m.—so now he does coffee runs for his staff too
By Emma BurleighMarch 30, 2026
Young Gen Z intern on Wall Street
Success
Wall Street CEO tells interns to ‘act immediately like this is 100% your full-time career’—it’s one of 20 top tips Rich Handler has for Gen Z
By Emma BurleighMarch 29, 2026
Toryo Ito, the vice abbot of the oldest Zen temple in Kyoto
Success
Buddhist monk says workers struggle to wind down from fast-paced office culture—he shares a 30-second tip to reset your nervous system
By Emma BurleighMarch 29, 2026
Tom Hale, CEO of Oura
Success
Gen X boss of $11 billion smart ring company Oura says being a CEO is ‘much harder’ than he thought: ‘It’s pressure, it’s stress, it’s responsibility’
By Emma BurleighMarch 27, 2026
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Success
New York is home to 154 billionaires. Together they’re worth $975.7 billion—and some of them are even making $2 million an hour
By Emma BurleighMarch 26, 2026
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Success
Women are gaining ground in traditionally male-dominated jobs like surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers—and earning well over $100,000
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026
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Success
JPMorgan has started monitoring the keystrokes, video calls, and meetings of its junior investment bankers—and they say it’s for employee well-being
By Emma BurleighMarch 24, 2026
Reddit cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman
Success
Billionaire Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says his company will ‘go heavy’ on hiring graduates because ‘they’re so much more AI native’ than older peers
By Emma BurleighMarch 23, 2026
Alexander Gabrovsky
Success
To unwind from his 12-hour shifts, this doctor splits his year between Kentucky and Venice—he pulls into his $438K apartment by boat
By Emma BurleighMarch 22, 2026
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Success
The K-shaped economy has left many six-figure earners ‘on thin ice’ as housing costs, lifestyle creep, and the job market put them at risk
By Emma BurleighMarch 22, 2026
Former Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett
Success
Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success
By Emma BurleighMarch 21, 2026
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Success
Job seekers aren’t imagining things: the number of candidates ghosted by employers just reached a three-year high thanks to AI
By Emma BurleighMarch 20, 2026
Travis Kalanick, cofounder and former chief executive officer of Uber
Success
Uber cofounder says human workers will be extremely ‘valuable’ until super AGI steps into the picture: ‘That’s my white pill’
By Emma BurleighMarch 19, 2026
Young sad college graduates
Success
ServiceNow CEO says that new college graduate unemployment could reach 30% thanks to AI automation
By Emma BurleighMarch 17, 2026
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler wins Oscar
Success
Ryan Coogler was $200K in student debt and ‘making no money’ while filming ‘Creed’—now, his $365 million success ‘Sinners’ took home four Oscars
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
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