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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The AI productivity boom has bosses asking what’s in it for employees

By Emma BurleighOctober 19, 2026

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Tim Cook says late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs gave him this unforgettable advice before handing over the reins as CEO: ‘Never ask what I would do’

By Emma BurleighOctober 18, 2026

Fortune's MPW summit

The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer and women’s earning power has created a ‘perfect storm’ of opportunity, wealth executives say

By Emma BurleighOctober 16, 2026

Leaders from Heidrick & Struggles, TwinPoint Collective, Black Women on Boards, and Logitech

Boards don’t want retirees in times of rapid change and those who leave full-time roles could be out in the cold, execs warn

By Emma BurleighOctober 16, 2026

Revathi Advaithi, the CEO of supply chain giant Flex

The CEO of supply chain giant Flex says infrastructure and the grid needs to scale with AI—or else ‘Forget all the frontier models’

By Emma BurleighOctober 15, 2026

Anita Heriot, president of The Fine Art Group Americas

Gen Z outspent every other generation on art last year—a fine arts executive says the internet and new wealth are supercharging their buying habits

By Emma BurleighOctober 15, 2026

Bridget Griswold, the 25-year-old CEO of women’s leadership non-profit Lean In

The Gen Z CEO of Lean In says the ‘broken rung’ is one of the most pervasive issues women face in their careers

By Emma BurleighOctober 14, 2026

Sam's Club CEO Latriece Watkins

Sam’s Club CEO Latriece Watkins says she feels most powerful watching the people she’s invested in succeed

By Emma BurleighOctober 13, 2026

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