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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.

Tom Hale, CEO of Oura
Success
Gen X boss of $11 billion smart ring company Oura says being a CEO is ‘much harder’ than he thought: ‘It’s pressure, it’s stress, it’s responsibility’
By Emma BurleighMarch 27, 2026
Wealthy New Yorker on phone
Success
New York is home to 154 billionaires. Together they’re worth $975.7 billion—and some of them are even making $2 million an hour
By Emma BurleighMarch 26, 2026
Working woman standing outside office happy
Success
Women are gaining ground in traditionally male-dominated jobs like surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers—and earning well over $100,000
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026
Banker working at laptop at desk
Success
JPMorgan has started monitoring the keystrokes, video calls, and meetings of its junior investment bankers—and they say it’s for employee well-being
By Emma BurleighMarch 24, 2026
Reddit cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman
Success
Billionaire Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says his company will ‘go heavy’ on hiring graduates because ‘they’re so much more AI native’ than older peers
By Emma BurleighMarch 23, 2026
Alexander Gabrovsky
Success
To unwind from his 12-hour shifts, this doctor splits his year between Kentucky and Venice—he pulls into his $438K apartment by boat
By Emma BurleighMarch 22, 2026
Stressed rich man at desk
Success
The K-shaped economy has left many six-figure earners ‘on thin ice’ as housing costs, lifestyle creep, and the job market put them at risk
By Emma BurleighMarch 22, 2026
Former Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett
Success
Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success
By Emma BurleighMarch 21, 2026
Stressed out job seeker on laptop
Success
Job seekers aren’t imagining things: the number of candidates ghosted by employers just reached a three-year high thanks to AI
By Emma BurleighMarch 20, 2026
Travis Kalanick, cofounder and former chief executive officer of Uber
Success
Uber cofounder says human workers will be extremely ‘valuable’ until super AGI steps into the picture: ‘That’s my white pill’
By Emma BurleighMarch 19, 2026
Young sad college graduates
Success
ServiceNow CEO says that new college graduate unemployment could reach 30% thanks to AI automation
By Emma BurleighMarch 17, 2026
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler wins Oscar
Success
Ryan Coogler was $200K in student debt and ‘making no money’ while filming ‘Creed’—now, his $365 million success ‘Sinners’ took home four Oscars
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
Young worker fixing parts of a car
Success
Despite fears of drivers losing their jobs to robotaxis, Waymo’s boss says the company will still need humans to fill technician and operator roles
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie
Success
The founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad
By Emma BurleighMarch 15, 2026
Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital
Success
Billionaire Bill Ackman says he doesn’t like ‘wasting money’—he’ll even drive elsewhere for cheaper garages, despite once owning a parking company
By Emma BurleighMarch 14, 2026
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