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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.

Teenage boy on laptop
Success
Around 22 million teenagers are making their pocket money on video games, online reselling, and in-game platforms like Roblox
By Emma BurleighJune 9, 2026
John Furner, CEO, Walmart US
Success
Walmart CEO John Furner says even wealthy shoppers are now shopping at the discount grocery chain as high prices stretch six-figure earners
By Emma BurleighJune 8, 2026
Allison Sheehan
Success
This Gen Zer got reprimanded at Goldman for making cake videos as the ‘Investment Baker.’ She quit her job and is building a dessert empire
By Emma BurleighJune 7, 2026
Serena Williams
Success
Serena Williams’ secret to success is about more than talent: You have to grind ‘every day’
By Emma BurleighJune 6, 2026
Suzy Welch, author and NYU Stern School of Business professor
Success
NYU Stern professor Suzy Welch says the career aspiration to follow your passion is ‘dumb advice’
By Emma BurleighJune 5, 2026
Isolated Gen Z worker in office
Success
Gen Zers are more disconnected and distrustful of coworkers than their older colleagues—and they’re so lonely they’re taking days off work
By Emma BurleighJune 4, 2026
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
Success
Despite his hectic schedule, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says he’s ‘the most responsive person in the company’—and looks for the same trait in new hires
By Emma BurleighJune 3, 2026
Teenager working in ice cream shop
Success
Teens are up against the worst summer job market in nearly 80 years—they’re fighting against hundreds to work at ice cream shops and swimming pools
By Emma BurleighJune 2, 2026
Torsten Slok, chief economist of Apollo Management
Success
Apollo chief economist says there’s ‘zero evidence’ AI is killing jobs—in fact, he says it’s creating them
By Emma BurleighJune 1, 2026
Matt Panella
Success
This home-builder dropped out of high school and worked construction for $8 an hour—by 22, he was making $200K from his trade empire
By Emma BurleighMay 31, 2026
Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
Success
Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’
By Emma BurleighMay 30, 2026
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD
Success
AMD CEO Lisa Su tells grads they shape the future, not AI—and the world doesn’t just need ‘people who know how to use powerful tools’
By Emma BurleighMay 29, 2026
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce
Success
As AI slashes white-collar jobs, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says almost no one is being hired—except in sales
By Emma BurleighMay 28, 2026
Frustrated man in work meeting
Success
Real estate billionaire was called the ‘worst analyst’ at Goldman Sachs—now he says the criticism was the best thing that ever happened to him
By Emma BurleighMay 27, 2026
Bill Winters, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered
Success
After receiving backlash, the CEO of Standard Chartered apologizes for hurt over saying ‘lower value human capital’ will be automated by AI
By Emma BurleighMay 26, 2026
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