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.
SuccessChinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business
By Emma BurleighMarch 5, 2026
SuccessUber CEO says his ‘really demanding’ work culture includes expecting employees to answer his emails over the weekend: ‘Don’t come here if you want to coast’
By Emma BurleighMarch 4, 2026
SuccessTech investor Bill Gurley says workers who went through the ‘college conveyor belt’ and chased safe jobs are at high risk of AI automation
By Emma BurleighMarch 3, 2026
SuccessBlackstone CEO took home $1.2 billion last year after going ‘max everything’ with work—but he wouldn’t advise his children to put themselves under so much pressure
By Emma BurleighMarch 2, 2026
SuccessSlack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slideshows
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
SuccessUSAA CEO says Gen Z ‘are not going to be as well off’ as boomers and Gen Xers—they need to take ownership of their success, he urges
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
SuccessCEO of the tech company behind Hinge and Tinder set up an employee hotline where staff can DM him anytime: ‘No hierarchy. No filters. Just real input.’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 27, 2026
SuccessRolex has just opened a trade school for watchmakers in Texas. Already competition is as fierce as Harvard’s, and students could walk out with $95,000 jobs
By Emma BurleighFebruary 26, 2026
SuccessFormer Apple exec had lunch with his boss Steve Jobs for 15 years—he says the late founder’s ‘insatiable curiosity’ taught him to never coast on his expertise
By Emma BurleighFebruary 25, 2026
SuccessNearly half of companies are turning to poor ‘peanut butter’ raises—following the same pattern of the 2008 recession, an expert says. And it could take years to recover
By Emma BurleighFebruary 24, 2026
Success Last year, Accenture trained 550,000 workers in AI—now it’s warning senior staff to use it or don’t get promoted
By Emma BurleighFebruary 23, 2026
SuccessForget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week—and women made it possible
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
SuccessMeet the retired Olympic champions starting second careers at Goldman Sachs with zero financial expertise and no office experience
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
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