Orianna Rosa Royle

Orianna Rosa Royle
Orianna Rosa Royle leads Fortune’s Success vertical, where she covers careers, leadership, and the future of work. An award‑winning London‑based journalist with over a decade of experience, she turned her own escape from poverty into a beat: unpacking how people actually get hired, build wealth, and create thriving working lives. Since joining Fortune in 2023, she’s become one of its most‑read writers, known for exclusive CEO interviews and rags‑to‑riches stories, and writes the weekly Fortune Success newsletter.

  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Mark Cuban speaks during Inc. Founders House Presents “In Conversation With Mark Cuban,” A Conversation With Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur And Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs, Moderated By Mike Hofman, Editor-In-Chief, Inc. at Foxy’s Proper Pub on March 13, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for Inc. at Inc. Founders House at SXSW)Success

    10 a.m. could be your new start time, thanks to AI. Billionaire Mark Cuban says companies will cut the workday by an hour—and you’ll still get paid the same

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  • Mature businesswoman talking to a mature man in cafe, he is on a job interview.Success

    Boss uses a recruiter-approved coffee cup test in every interview—and he won’t hire anyone who fails it

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  • Young businessman is standing by a train that is about to leave the station, holding his phoneSuccess

    Covid gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a four-day week—and this time, experts say it could stick

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  • female teenager feeling stressed studing at home.E learning.Home schoolingSuccess

    As Gen Z and CEOs alike slam ‘worthless’ degrees, one UK graduate has racked up $420,000 in student loans—more than the price of an average home

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  • A young man stands outdoors near the Kolonnadenhof in Berlin, focused on his smartphone while enjoying the historic urban surroundings.Success

    Sri Lanka has just launched a 4-day week because of the Iran war—now, the nation is giving workers Wednesdays off in a desperate bid to conserve fuel

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Success

    Less than 10 out of 256 billionaires have kept their promise to give away their fortune—and a philanthropy CEO says Elon Musk is right about why: ‘It’s hard’

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  • Woman is laying in hammock and using phoneSuccess

    Workers are using medical leave as a sneaky extended vacation to job hunt: ‘Take the FMLA, take the disability, take you a break’

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  • Experts warn overachievers are facing a new form of burnout called the ‘competence hangover.’ And it’s entirely preventable, Kickresume’s CEO says.Success

    The harder you work, the worse off you are—a CEO is sounding the alarm on a ‘competence hangover’ hitting top performers

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  • Mother And Daughter Meeting With Male TeacherSuccess

    Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z’s résumé goes ‘right in the garbage’ if mom or dad shows up to the interview—but 1 in 5 are still doing it anyway

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  • An unemployed femaleSuccess

    Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them—here’s what they say needs to change

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  • Whites Beaconsfield founder built a mutlimillion dollar brand with just $13 Facebook ads. He lost $20k on crypto and still lives at home with his mum.Success

    Meet the millennial who turned a $400 side hustle into TikTok Shop’s biggest teeth whitening brand in the UK—now he splashes $335 a month on haircuts and lost $20K on crypto

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  • Lisbon , Portugal – 12 November 2024; Dan Rogers, CEO, LaunchDarkly, on SaaS Summit stage during day one of Web Summit 2024 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo By Harry Murphy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)Success

    Asana’s new CEO says getting a job in Silicon Valley isn’t harder for Gen Z than it was for him—he shares his alternative ‘donut box’ hack for getting hired

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  • Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. inked a deal with OpenAI to roll out AI infrastructure in a pact the chipmaker said could generate tens of billions of dollars in new revenue. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSuccess

    Billionaire chipmaker CEO Lisa Su holds meetings on weekends and sends feedback after midnight because leaders aren’t born: ‘They’re trained’

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  • Teenage girl relaxing on the coach on mobile phone.Success

    Gen Z women are the new face of unemployment—and it’s not because they’re too choosy: Low grades and bad health are to blame for these NEETs, new research warns

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  • Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The heads of the biggest US banks will use the hearing to make their case for watering down rule proposals they argue will harm the economy. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSuccess

    JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon reveals the one career rule he set himself when he was just a 28-year-old assistant: Do not speak unless you can add value

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