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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.

Kamala Harris
Success
Former VP Kamala Harris says she went through a nine-hour interview to land the job—but she couldn’t escape ‘gold medal depression’ even when she won
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2026
Kylian Mbappe #10 of France celebrates with teammates
North America
World Cup teams will be paid a record $871 million: Each team will get $12.5 million as a bare minimum for playing and ‘preparation money’
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2026
TIAA President and CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett on Fortune’s 'Titans and Disruptors of Industry' podcast.
Success
‘Work-life balance is a lie’: TIAA’s CEO broke down at a bus terminal after a long work day, then found a better way to think about it
By Emma BurleighJune 19, 2026
Aravind Srinivas, co-founder and chief executive officer of Perplexity
Success
‘I have nothing to lose’: Perplexity CEO says fear of failure is ‘the stupidest thing’ holding you back
By Emma BurleighJune 17, 2026
Young worker dreams while working
Success
The CEO of $3 billion Michaels tells young workers to quit daydreaming and take risks because ‘the universe rewards doing things in action’
By Emma BurleighJune 16, 2026
NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson
Success
Jalen Brunson just led the Knicks to a historic win—and credits his NBA veteran dad’s work ethic for preparing him for the job
By Emma BurleighJune 15, 2026
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Success
Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’
By Emma BurleighJune 14, 2026
Whop CEO Steven Schwartz
Success
The Gen Z cofounder of $1.6 billion Whop says his platform has minted over 650 millionaires—he wants to make work fun and money worries obsolete
By Emma BurleighJune 14, 2026
Warehouse workers with robot
Success
Walmart has a message for its 2.1 million workers: AI is going to improve your job, not take it: ‘Technology will power our future’
By Emma BurleighJune 12, 2026
Gen Z intern speaking during meeting
Success
Ken Griffin’s Citadel companies just hired 350 interns—only 0.36% of over 115,000 young applicants made the cut
By Emma BurleighJune 11, 2026
Boris Cherny, Head of Claude Code
Success
The architect behind Claude Code reveals the three things Anthropic looks for in a good hire—and why people with low ego are a must
By Emma BurleighJune 10, 2026
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
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