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.
SuccessThis millennial AI CEO works with Ebay and has just raised millions for her start-up—unlike tech bros she doesn’t use futuristic gadgets calling them mostly ‘useless’
By Emma BurleighMarch 20, 2025
SuccessThe Boeing Starliner astronauts have returned to Earth after nine long months stuck in space—but their $150,000 salary won’t come with overtime
By Emma BurleighMarch 19, 2025
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SuccessSteve Jobs was just 12 when he called HP’s cofounder. What happened next put him on the path to success at Apple
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2025
SuccessA 25-year-old content creator turned a layoff into an opportunity. Now an influencer on LinkedIn, she says the platform can be more profitable than TikTok
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2025
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SuccessVanna White only works 34 days a year filming ‘Wheel of Fortune’—and was making a $3 million salary
By Emma BurleighMarch 13, 2025
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SuccessChina’s six-year-olds are already being offered AI classes in school in a bid to train the next generation of DeepSeek founders
By Emma BurleighMarch 10, 2025
SuccessThis 25-year-old was fired from her day job—Now, she and others are their own boss with the help of AI tutors
By Emma BurleighMarch 9, 2025
SuccessCEO of $4.2 billion tech giant says defying Silicon Valley’s ‘move fast and break things’ mantra was essential to growing his business
By Emma BurleighMarch 7, 2025
SuccessMrBeast is the world’s top YouTuber with an $85 million empire—but he says the average person ‘would be miserable’ living his life
By Emma BurleighMarch 6, 2025
SuccessAmazon CEO says he’s cutting middle managers because they want to ‘put their fingerprint on everything.’ That’s music to the ears of Gen Z
By Emma BurleighMarch 4, 2025
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