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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.

Bridget Griswold, the 25-year-old CEO of women’s leadership non-profit Lean In
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The Gen Z CEO of Lean In says the ‘broken rung’ is one of the most pervasive issues women face in their careers
By Emma BurleighOctober 14, 2026
Sam's Club CEO Latriece Watkins
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Sam’s Club CEO Latriece Watkins says she feels most powerful watching the people she’s invested in succeed
By Emma BurleighOctober 13, 2026
Philanthropist and Walmart heiress Olivia Walton
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Philanthropist Olivia Walton didn’t get proper postpartum care. Now, she’s investing $100M to halve the U.S. maternal mortality rate in 5 years
By Emma BurleighOctober 13, 2026
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Top execs say the $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer, women entrepreneurs, and veterans are poised to remake the financial landscape
By Emma BurleighOctober 12, 2026
Ancestry CEO Howard Hochhauser
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Ancestry’s CEO says a billionaire boss taught him to eat lunch with employees in the break room—it gives him access to ‘unfiltered information’
By Emma BurleighOctober 11, 2026
Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs
Success
Ex Goldman Sachs CEO got into Harvard University at 16 from public housing—and says higher education is the best way to break into the middle class
By Emma BurleighOctober 10, 2026
SpaceX founder Elon Musk
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Elon Musk just lost his trillionaire status again after three days—but he says ‘it’s not like it’s sitting in a bank account’ anyway
By Emma BurleighOctober 9, 2026
Brian Chesky, the cofounder of $95.8 billion Airbnb
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he wishes he were 26 again because the opportunities post-ChatGPT ‘are so much more powerful’
By Emma BurleighOctober 8, 2026
Rich people getting off of private jet
Success
Billionaires have left the U.K. and taken $160 billion to the likes of Monaco, Switzerland, and the UAE—that’s more than those who stayed are worth
By Emma BurleighOctober 7, 2026
Elon Musk
Success
Elon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90
By Emma BurleighOctober 6, 2026
Young woman in job interview
Success
Despite fears AI will kill jobs, 72% of bosses say they’ll actually pay more for AI skills—with some roles offering a $100,000 premium
By Emma BurleighOctober 5, 2026
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Success
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei says entrepreneurs should go on vacation to road test potential cofounders—if they’re a drain, they’re ‘the wrong choice’
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Superhuman cofounder Rahul Vohra
Success
This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Paul Fipps, the president of global customer operations at ServiceNow
AI
Top ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered
By Emma BurleighOctober 2, 2026
LinkedIn CEO Dan Shapero
Success
LinkedIn CEO says that job seekers are sending out 30% more applications than pre-pandemic—and it’s harder to ‘know who can actually do the job’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 30, 2026
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