Emma Hinchliffe

Emma Hinchliffe is Fortune’s Most Powerful Women editor, overseeing editorial for the longstanding franchise. As a senior writer at Fortune, Emma has covered women in business and gender-lens news across business, politics, and culture. She is the lead author of the Most Powerful Women Daily newsletter (formerly the Broadsheet), Fortune’s daily missive for and about the women leading the business world. She is a co-chair of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, where she’s interviewed everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs and U.S. politicians to Hollywood stars, and previously co-chaired Fortune’s MPW Next Gen Summit and the Fortune/U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. Her work, which includes magazine features with subjects ranging from Meta and CVS Health to Canva and the WNBA, has been honored by the Silurians Press Club, the Deadline Club, and the New York Newswomen's Club's Front Page Awards. Before joining Fortune, she worked as a reporter for Mashable and the Houston Chronicle. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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She conceived of Pottery Barn Kids. Now Williams Sonoma’s CEO is expanding another new business—furnishing hotels and stadiums

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams

In 13 years as CEO, Alber has outlasted the average stint of Fortune 500 CEOs—four years for women and seven years for men.

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Williams Sonoma’s CEO defied the retail apocalypse. Now a gloomy economy is forcing even her well-off customers to spend less

By Emma Hinchliffe

DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 27: Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media)

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She sold her battery startup to Chinese investors. Now she’s leading the effort to bring battery manufacturing to the U.S.

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams

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Stanford AI professor Fei-Fei Li says we need more human-centered technology. Still, she had to convince herself to share her own story

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, listens during a Bloomberg Technology television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday May 7, 2019. Gates discussed her book “The Moment of Lift” about empowering women in the workplace. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Her family bought half of the New York Giants 30 years ago. Now she’s leading their investment in New York women’s soccer team Gotham FC

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams

Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as CEO of Bumble and becoming the dating app business’s executive chair; her successor is Slack CEO Lidiane Jones.

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Whitney Wolfe Herd, 34, launched Bumble and became the youngest woman to take a company public. Now, she’s stepping down as CEO to return to her ‘founder roots’

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Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as Bumble CEO after a decade at the helm. She’s planning the dating app’s next 10 years with new CEO Lidiane Jones

By Emma Hinchliffe

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Exclusive: Two Rent the Runway alums sell their software startup that powers kids’ classes

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams

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She conceived of Pottery Barn Kids. Now Williams Sonoma’s CEO is expanding another new business—furnishing hotels and stadiums

Williams Sonoma’s CEO defied the retail apocalypse. Now a gloomy economy is forcing even her well-off customers to spend less

Linda Yaccarino sticks by X and Elon Musk even as ad industry peers call on her to resign amid antisemitism scandal

OpenAI’s 34-year-old CTO Mira Murati was briefly at the center of the startup’s CEO chaos

The only trans CEO in the Fortune 1000 understands why consumers stick by the beauty industry in tough economic times

She sold her battery startup to Chinese investors. Now she’s leading the effort to bring battery manufacturing to the U.S.

Stanford AI professor Fei-Fei Li says we need more human-centered technology. Still, she had to convince herself to share her own story

Melinda French Gates is redefining what a ‘smart bet’ in venture capital looks like

The highest-ranking woman in Veterans Affairs is making sure female service members get the benefits they’re owed

Jezebel’s shuttering is the end of an era in women’s media. What’s left?

Female CEOs run 7% of companies on the Fortune 500 Europe, from H&M to Chanel

Her family bought half of the New York Giants 30 years ago. Now she’s leading their investment in New York women’s soccer team Gotham FC

Whitney Wolfe Herd, 34, launched Bumble and became the youngest woman to take a company public. Now, she’s stepping down as CEO to return to her ‘founder roots’

Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as Bumble CEO after a decade at the helm. She’s planning the dating app’s next 10 years with new CEO Lidiane Jones

Exclusive: Two Rent the Runway alums sell their software startup that powers kids’ classes