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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.

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Success
As boomers are forced back to work because they can’t afford to retire, Robinhood CEO says Gen Zers are opening retirement accounts at just 19 years old
By Emma BurleighNovember 24, 2025
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Success
Founder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
By Emma BurleighNovember 23, 2025
Google cofounder Larry Page
Success
Google cofounder Larry Page overtakes Jeff Bezos as the third richest person in the world following an Alphabet stock surge
By Emma BurleighNovember 21, 2025
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Success
South Korean banks offer baby bonuses, flexible schedules, and years-long sabbaticals while U.S. women leave the workforce in droves
By Emma BurleighNovember 20, 2025
Donald King
Success
This 26-year-old was laid off from his ‘dream job’ at PwC building AI agents. He’s worried the tech he built has led to more job cuts
By Emma BurleighNovember 20, 2025
Michelle Obama
Success
Michelle Obama shares one easy tip for professionalism that built her confidence and helped her be successful
By Emma BurleighNovember 18, 2025
Workers leaving office
Success
Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers, but CEOs aren’t sold
By Emma BurleighNovember 17, 2025
Leeah Derenoncourt, a 24-year-old digital nomad living in Chile.
Success
This 24-year-old ditched the U.S. to work in Chile—now, she has better work-life balance and saves more than $1,200 a month
By Emma BurleighNovember 16, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp
Success
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this type of prestigious college grad is doomed. People with expert knowledge will ‘make a lot more money’
By Emma BurleighNovember 13, 2025
Turing cofounder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth
Success
The CEO of $2.2 billion AI company Turing can’t live without ChatGPT, swears by his Kindle, and has only taken 2 weeks of vacation in 7 years
By Emma BurleighNovember 13, 2025
Lyft Chief Executive Officer David Risher
Success
Lyft’s CEO got the top job after initially turning it down—Here’s the six-week process that made him chief executive
By Emma BurleighNovember 11, 2025
Lew Frankfort, former CEO of Coach
Success
The CEO who transformed Coach into a luxury powerhouse shares the grueling interview process he uses to vet candidates
By Emma BurleighNovember 10, 2025
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Success
Goldman Sachs says we’re not in an AI bubble, and its young multimillionaire clientele are all-in on AI-energy investments and healthcare innovations
By Emma BurleighNovember 9, 2025
Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett
Success
Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2025
Kamala Harris says there’s enough room for everyone to be successful—and that professionals who think otherwise are guilty of ‘provincial thinking’
Success
Kamala Harris says there’s enough room for everyone to be successful—and that professionals who think otherwise are guilty of ‘provincial thinking’
By Emma BurleighNovember 6, 2025
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