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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.

Auto worker with apprentices in factory
Success
Trump’s 25% tariffs are backfiring and threatening Gen Z’s trade career aspirations—putting car manufacturing jobs in peril
By Emma BurleighMay 5, 2025
Howard Lutnick
Success
U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids
By Emma BurleighMay 2, 2025
Mystik Dan #3, ridden by jockey Brian J. Hernandez Jr. crosses the finish line to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024
Success
The Kentucky Derby winners of the ‘most exciting two minutes in sports’ will bring home a purse of $5 million
By Emma BurleighMay 1, 2025
Tariffs
Leadership
Surviving tariffs: 5 steps small businesses should take now
By Emma BurleighMay 1, 2025
Happy nurses.
Success
Healthcare jobs are practically recession-proof, says Indeed—here’s how to get in and make over $100K
By Emma BurleighApril 30, 2025
Workera CEO and founder Kian Katanforoosh
Success
Despite running a $55.5 million software company, this millennial CEO still has roommates
By Emma BurleighApril 30, 2025
Happy college graduates.
Success
Gen Z grads expect a six-figure starting salary—these are the top 10 jobs that actually pay over $100,000
By Emma BurleighApril 29, 2025
Gen Alpha kid plays on phone.
Success
Gen Alpha is snubbing the careers that boomers dreamed of. As influencers become the new faces of entrepreneurship, they want in
By Emma BurleighApril 26, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Success
Google’s CEO repeats this mantra to himself when he’s overwhelmed at work
By Emma BurleighApril 25, 2025
Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo
Success
Duolingo’s CEO says he’d rather be understaffed than hire someone lacking his golden rule
By Emma BurleighApril 24, 2025
Rich man on phone.
Success
Wealthy Americans are pouring money into Swiss bank accounts and buying gold to weather the recession
By Emma BurleighApril 22, 2025
Worried young woman on her phone.
Success
Gen Zers are so terrified of a recession that they’re ditching doom spending, ordering Happy Meals, and using ChatGPT for free therapy
By Emma BurleighApril 21, 2025
Young woman shops for chocolate in grocery store.
Success
Inside the small business success story of Tony’s Chocolonely, which rakes in $230 million yearly thanks to influencers and Gen Z values
By Emma BurleighApril 19, 2025
Worker cleaning medical equipment.
Success
Gen Z can earn $70,000 a year and enter the AI-proof medical field without a college degree—all they have to do is learn how to sterilize surgical equipment
By Emma BurleighApril 18, 2025
Dara Khosrowshahi
Success
Uber’s CEO says learning these two subjects in college is an ‘absolute necessity’ for any Gen Z grad eyeing up management roles
By Emma BurleighApril 16, 2025
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