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.
SuccessWork-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers, but CEOs aren’t sold
By Emma BurleighNovember 17, 2025
SuccessThis 24-year-old ditched the U.S. to work in Chile—now, she has better work-life balance and saves more than $1,200 a month
By Emma BurleighNovember 16, 2025
SuccessPalantir CEO Alex Karp says this type of prestigious college grad is doomed. People with expert knowledge will ‘make a lot more money’
By Emma BurleighNovember 13, 2025
SuccessThe CEO of $2.2 billion AI company Turing can’t live without ChatGPT, swears by his Kindle, and has only taken 2 weeks of vacation in 7 years
By Emma BurleighNovember 13, 2025
SuccessLyft’s CEO got the top job after initially turning it down—Here’s the six-week process that made him chief executive
By Emma BurleighNovember 11, 2025
SuccessThe CEO who transformed Coach into a luxury powerhouse shares the grueling interview process he uses to vet candidates
By Emma BurleighNovember 10, 2025
SuccessGoldman Sachs says we’re not in an AI bubble, and its young multimillionaire clientele are all-in on AI-energy investments and healthcare innovations
By Emma BurleighNovember 9, 2025
SuccessHundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2025
SuccessKamala Harris says there’s enough room for everyone to be successful—and that professionals who think otherwise are guilty of ‘provincial thinking’
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2025
SuccessPalantir says college is no longer a reliable training ground—so it hired 22 high school students instead: ‘Skip the debt. Skip the indoctrination.’
By Emma BurleighNovember 5, 2025
SuccessAmerica’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall
By Emma BurleighNovember 4, 2025
SuccessWalmart CEO said paying its star managers upwards of $620,000 yearly empowered them to ‘feel like owners’
By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2025
SuccessReddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000
By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2025
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