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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.

Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett.
SuccessMelinda French Gates said Warren Buffett’s advice helped her set boundaries as a leader
By Emma BurleighMarch 13, 2025
Vanna White, co-host of 'Wheel of Fortune.'
SuccessVanna White only works 34 days a year filming ‘Wheel of Fortune’—and was making a $3 million salary
By Emma BurleighMarch 13, 2025
Courtney Allen, freelancer and entrepreneur.
SuccessThis millennial turned her passion for making PowerPoints into a $4 million business
By Emma BurleighMarch 12, 2025
Young students play with laptop at school.
SuccessChina’s six-year-olds are already being offered AI classes in school in a bid to train the next generation of DeepSeek founders
By Emma BurleighMarch 10, 2025
AI robot hand and human hand connect.
SuccessThis 25-year-old was fired from her day job—Now, she and others are their own boss with the help of AI tutors
By Emma BurleighMarch 9, 2025
dbt Labs founder and CEO Tristan Handy.
SuccessCEO of $4.2 billion tech giant says defying Silicon Valley’s ‘move fast and break things’ mantra was essential to growing his business
By Emma BurleighMarch 7, 2025
YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as Mr. Beast.
SuccessMrBeast is the world’s top YouTuber with an $85 million empire—but he says the average person ‘would be miserable’ living his life
By Emma BurleighMarch 6, 2025
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
SuccessAmazon CEO says he’s cutting middle managers because they want to ‘put their fingerprint on everything.’ That’s music to the ears of Gen Z
By Emma BurleighMarch 4, 2025
Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Harvard University at its 2017 366th Commencement Exercises.
SuccessFrom dorm rooms to boardrooms: This U.S. college has created more billionaires than anywhere else, including Mark Zuckerberg and Jamie Dimon
By Emma BurleighMarch 4, 2025
Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra
SuccessPoshmark’s CEO lets his Gen Z workers choose what he wears—he says it helps him ‘immerse’ into the next generation’s thinking
By Emma BurleighMarch 3, 2025
Young men working in kitchen.
SuccessGen Z men are turning to the kitchen instead of college—they can make $170,000 without the burden of student debt
By Emma BurleighMarch 2, 2025
Elon Musk.
SuccessBillionaires earning $10 billion per day in January are suddenly watching their net worth get wiped out—Elon Musk has lost $90 billion alone
By Emma BurleighFebruary 28, 2025
Gen Z checks bank accounts on phone.
SuccessGen Z investors are four times more likely to own crypto than retirement accounts—here’s how financial experts say they should actually invest
By Emma BurleighFebruary 27, 2025
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.
SuccessWarren Buffett warns bosses of the ‘cardinal sin’ of leadership—and his biggest investing mistakes
By Emma BurleighFebruary 26, 2025
Billionaire Bill Ackman
SuccessTim Cook and Bill Ackman love a new book about 5 kinds of wealth: ‘The earlier you read this, the better your life will be’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 25, 2025
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