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Claire Zillman is a London-based senior editor for Fortune, where she writes and edits features about corporate leadership, with a focus on female executives. She also edits Fortune's flagship newsletter, CEO Daily, and co-chairs Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. Her Fortune cover story, "The First Lady of Wall Street," about Jane Fraser's rise to become the first female CEO among Wall Street's big banks earned her a SABEW, and her feature on the then-unbroken glass ceiling at Wall Street’s banking giants won a New York Press Award. Claire has also worked for Fortune in New York and Hong Kong. Earlier in her career, she was a reporter for The American Lawyer magazine. She graduated with honors from Syracuse University with degrees in journalism and history and is originally from Chicago. She lives in East London with her husband and son.

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By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeOctober 26, 2021
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NewslettersBoards of directors finally realize their diversity problem is not going to fix itself
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeOctober 19, 2021
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NewslettersA simulated workplace shows how sexist slights can cripple a woman’s career
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeOctober 15, 2021
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By Claire ZillmanOctober 13, 2021
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By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanOctober 12, 2021
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By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeOctober 7, 2021
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By Michal Lev-Ram, Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanOctober 6, 2021
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By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 30, 2021
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NewslettersFlexibility isn’t the easy burnout fix employers think it is
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 28, 2021
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NewslettersThe Angela Merkel era comes to a close
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanSeptember 27, 2021
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By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 23, 2021
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NewslettersFortune names Alyson Shontell as its first female editor in chief
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 21, 2021
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NewslettersSimone Biles fights the system
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 16, 2021
Germany's Chancellor Merkel And Serbia's President Vucic News Conference
NewslettersAngela Merkel is finally a ‘feminist’
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeSeptember 14, 2021
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