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.
Success82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Warren Buffett’s pledge to give away 99%
By Emma BurleighAugust 19, 2025
Success‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss
By Emma Burleigh and Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2025
Success‘Million Dollar Listing’ star used to sling paninis, but now leads a team closing $15 billion in deals—because someone was ‘stupid enough’ to hire him
By Emma BurleighAugust 17, 2025
SuccessSteve Jobs’ first Silicon Valley boss turned down an offer to buy a third of Apple for $50,000—today, his share would be worth nearly $1 trillion
By Emma BurleighAugust 15, 2025
SuccessIkea’s incoming CEO started his career as a store manager—he recalls working at 5 a.m. in the loading area and eating hotdogs with the founder
By Emma BurleighAugust 14, 2025
SuccessAMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’
By Emma BurleighAugust 13, 2025
SuccessChina’s youth unemployment is so bad that Gen Z job-seekers are paying $7 a day to pretend to work in an office
By Emma BurleighAugust 12, 2025
SuccessFigma’s CEO sent cold emails to and bought coffee for his ‘heroes’ while convincing ex-coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success
By Emma BurleighAugust 11, 2025
SuccessCollege used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month with no luck
By Emma BurleighAugust 8, 2025
SuccessSorry Gen X: Boomers are making millennials their successors for CEO jobs instead because they’re down with AI
By Emma BurleighAugust 7, 2025
SuccessAI is gutting workforces—and an ex-Google exec says CEOs are too busy ‘celebrating’ their efficiency gains to see they’re next
By Emma BurleighAugust 6, 2025
SuccessForget cold plunges: this CEO says the Gen Z habit of starting the day with memes is his favorite morning routine
By Emma BurleighAugust 5, 2025
SuccessThis Gen Zer dropped out of NYU at just 19 to launch his blockchain—now, his $1.3 billion company is backed by Mark Cuban and he never takes a day off
By Emma BurleighAugust 5, 2025
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