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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.

Baby boomers walk to work in NYC
Success
New York’s graying workforce: Residents over 65 are holding onto jobs longer and driving healthcare to become one of the ‘fastest-growing’ sectors
By Emma BurleighNovember 9, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett
Success
Warren Buffett says ‘accumulating great amounts of money’ doesn’t achieve greatness—He still lives in a $31,500 Nebraska home and clipped coupons
By Emma BurleighNovember 8, 2026
Dutch Bros CEO Christine Barone
Success
Coffee giant Dutch Bros made all of its executives, including the CEO, do a two-week bootcamp where they learned how to pour drinks and run stores
By Emma BurleighNovember 8, 2026
Gen Z adult woman sits on home porch with mother
Success
Over a quarter of Gen Z say they’d choose their dream home over their dream job—and they’re moving back in with mom and dad to make it happen
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2026
James Talarico
Success
James Talarico was a 23-year-old middle school teacher when an 11-year-old inspired him to run for office—now he’s making history in Texas as Senator
By Emma BurleighNovember 4, 2026
Chairman Greg Penner
Success
Millionaire Walmart chair Greg Penner adds soccer club Valencia CF to his investments—he already owns NFL’s Denver Broncos and part of a baseball team
By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2026
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries
Success
As Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the ultra-rich flee California, one 34-year-old tech billionaire is ‘not running’—he ‘wants to fight’ for the state
By Emma BurleighNovember 2, 2026
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Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change
By Emma BurleighOctober 25, 2026
Golden State Valkyries President Jess Smith
Success
Boss of $1 billion WNBA team Valkyries says she rejects work-life balance because she loves the grind: ‘I’m not apologizing for what brings me joy’
By Emma BurleighOctober 24, 2026
Melanie Dulbecco, the CEO of flavored syrup giant Torani
Success
As 570,000 workers watched their jobs get culled this year, Torani CEO says ‘layoffs are a choice’—and that her company has never cut workers en masse
By Emma BurleighOctober 23, 2026
BoxGroup partner Claire Smilow
Success
Claire Smilow helped BoxGroup earn a roughly $1 billion return on Cursor. Now she’s scouting college campuses for the next generation of founders
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2026
Young employees work in team
Success
Over 1,000 analysts competed to pitch Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and execs their ideas for community impact—and top teams win $650K for charity
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Success
As billionaires fight a tax hike, Jensen Huang says paying $8 billion is a ‘privilege’: ‘I’m just afraid of being poor’
By Emma BurleighOctober 20, 2026
Elon Musk
Success
Billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll give every kid in America shares of SpaceX next year—it’ll add up to over $10 billion in stock
By Emma BurleighOctober 19, 2026
Leaders at PepsiCo, Indeed, Dropbox, and Bristol Myers Squibb speaking at MPW panel
MPW
The AI productivity boom has bosses asking what’s in it for employees
By Emma BurleighOctober 19, 2026
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