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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.

Two employees who quit sit on steps and talk
Success
America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today
By Emma BurleighSeptember 30, 2025
Hollywood actor Henry Golding
Success
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career
By Emma BurleighSeptember 28, 2025
Derrick Hayes
Success
‘Tyler Perry said something to me I’ll never forget’: Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO learned a big lesson on when ‘to leave them in the sand’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 25, 2025
Insomnia Cookies founder and CEO Seth Berkowitz
Success
Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m.
By Emma BurleighSeptember 21, 2025
Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison
Success
$34 billion was wiped from Larry Ellison’s net worth days after briefly becoming the world’s richest as ‘AI bubble’ fears grow
By Emma BurleighSeptember 18, 2025
25-year-old job seeker Sam Rabinowitz
Success
Gen Z grad sent out over 1,000 job applications—when he didn’t hear anything back, he carried a sign around Wall Street begging for a job instead
By Emma BurleighSeptember 17, 2025
Rich French retiree relaxing at home
Success
65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire
By Emma BurleighSeptember 16, 2025
"Million Dollar Listing New York" star Fredrik Eklund
Success
‘Million Dollar Listing’ star Fredrik Eklund says Gen Z doesn’t need a college degree to make it in real estate: ‘You’ve gotta be out on the streets’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 14, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
Success
NYU professor says traditional networking is ‘nonsense’ — instead, real friendships are key to success
By Emma BurleighSeptember 12, 2025
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna
Success
Klarna’s $17 billion IPO has just turned 40 staffers into overnight millionaires—while Nvidia, Canva, and Palantir workers are seeing similar gains
By Emma BurleighSeptember 11, 2025
Gen Z woman on phone looking for new job
Success
Job-hopping Gen Z only stay in each job 1 year and 54% are regularly browsing for their next role—but a report says they’re not disloyal villains
By Emma BurleighSeptember 11, 2025
Sad worker at laptop
Success
AI expert says it’s ‘not a question’ that AI will take over all jobs—but people will have 80 hours a week of free time
By Emma BurleighSeptember 9, 2025
Gen Z worker is fired from company
Success
Silicon Valley’s graying workforce: Gen Z staff cut in half at tech companies as the average age goes up by 5 years
By Emma BurleighSeptember 7, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks CEO and founder Derrick Hayes
Success
Multimillion-dollar restaurant CEO splurged on Range Rovers and McLarens—but now he’s ‘mindful’ about spending because the economy is unpredictable
By Emma BurleighSeptember 5, 2025
Zuckerberg, Sanchez, Bezos, Pichai, and Musk at President Trump's inauguration.
Success
America’s billionaires are worth $5.7 trillion—but they’ve only pledged or donated $185 billion of that in the last decade
By Emma BurleighSeptember 4, 2025
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