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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.

Tamera Fenske, chief supply chain officer at Kimberly-Clark
Success
Kimberly-Clark exec is one of 76 women in the Fortune 500 with her title—she says bosses used to compare her to their daughters when she got promoted
By Emma BurleighDecember 7, 2025
Young family stressed over finances
Success
People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states
By Emma BurleighDecember 5, 2025
Factory worker on assembly line.
Success
Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want
By Emma BurleighDecember 4, 2025
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Success
The wealthy 1% are turning to new status symbols that can’t be bought—and it’s hurting Dior, Versace, and Burberry
By Emma BurleighDecember 3, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Success
As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’
By Emma BurleighDecember 2, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
Success
Trump’s new tax policies will cut the wealthy’s philanthropy by over $4 billion—and middle-class donors can’t match the donations of MacKenzie Scott
By Emma BurleighDecember 1, 2025
Donald Trump inauguration
Success
Meet the world’s 29 ‘super-billionaires’ fueling the wealth gap and boasting a collective fortune of $4 trillion
By Emma BurleighNovember 26, 2025
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Success
As boomers are forced back to work because they can’t afford to retire, Robinhood CEO says Gen Zers are opening retirement accounts at just 19 years old
By Emma BurleighNovember 24, 2025
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Success
Founder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
By Emma BurleighNovember 23, 2025
Google cofounder Larry Page
Success
Google cofounder Larry Page overtakes Jeff Bezos as the third richest person in the world following an Alphabet stock surge
By Emma BurleighNovember 21, 2025
Working mother in South Korea with child
Success
South Korean banks offer baby bonuses, flexible schedules, and years-long sabbaticals while U.S. women leave the workforce in droves
By Emma BurleighNovember 20, 2025
Donald King
Success
This 26-year-old was laid off from his ‘dream job’ at PwC building AI agents. He’s worried the tech he built has led to more job cuts
By Emma BurleighNovember 20, 2025
Michelle Obama
Success
Michelle Obama shares one easy tip for professionalism that built her confidence and helped her be successful
By Emma BurleighNovember 18, 2025
Workers leaving office
Success
Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers, but CEOs aren’t sold
By Emma BurleighNovember 17, 2025
Leeah Derenoncourt, a 24-year-old digital nomad living in Chile.
Success
This 24-year-old ditched the U.S. to work in Chile—now, she has better work-life balance and saves more than $1,200 a month
By Emma BurleighNovember 16, 2025
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