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.
SuccessAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky says employers need to hire Gen Z even if ‘AI can do the interns’ work’—or one day, the bots will outnumber bosses
By Emma BurleighOctober 30, 2025
SuccessThe CEOs of Apple, Airbnb, and PepsiCo agree on one thing: life as a business leader is incredibly lonely
By Emma BurleighOctober 29, 2025
SuccessCEO of $62 billion software giant Workday’s warning: ‘There’s nothing more dangerous than yesterday’s success’
By Emma BurleighOctober 29, 2025
By Emma BurleighOctober 29, 2025
SuccessWealthy family in New Jersey posts tutoring job for $264,000 a year—complete with 45 days vacation and a guesthouse
By Emma BurleighOctober 28, 2025
ConferencesThe Gen Z job crisis is real: 1.2 million recent grads in the U.K. competed for just 17,000 open roles
By Emma BurleighOctober 28, 2025
SuccessFounder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
By Emma BurleighOctober 26, 2025
SuccessStanford athlete turned wealth guru had everything he wanted by 30, but realized money doesn’t buy happiness: ‘I had the high-paying job, the title, the house, the car’
By Emma BurleighOctober 24, 2025
SuccessThe heiress of $10 billion Perdue Farms and the $12 billion Sheraton Hotels empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economy
By Emma BurleighOctober 24, 2025
SuccessGoldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says AI won’t destroy human jobs—’Yes, job functions will change…but I’m excited about it’
By Emma BurleighOctober 23, 2025
SuccessAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky challenges founders with a critical question if they aspire to emulate his success
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2025
SuccessBrené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’
By Emma BurleighOctober 21, 2025
SuccessIt’s not 40 hours—Gen Zers don’t know how long they need to work in a week and even experts can’t decide
By Emma BurleighOctober 20, 2025
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