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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.

Worker cleaning medical equipment.
Success
Gen Z can earn $70,000 a year and enter the AI-proof medical field without a college degree—all they have to do is learn how to sterilize surgical equipment
By Emma BurleighApril 18, 2025
Dara Khosrowshahi
Success
Uber’s CEO says learning these two subjects in college is an ‘absolute necessity’ for any Gen Z grad eyeing up management roles
By Emma BurleighApril 16, 2025
John Boyega
Success
Multimillionaire ‘Star Wars’ star John Boyega played hard to get in his interview with J.J. Abrams—even though he had just $15 in his bank account
By Emma BurleighApril 15, 2025
MacKenzie Scott.
Success
The 5 key moments in MacKenzie Scott’s life that made her the ultra-philanthropist she is today
By Emma BurleighApril 7, 2025
Makeup artist Donni Davy.
Success
‘Euphoria’s’ makeup artist got her first job off Craigslist—now she’s the founder of a multi-million dollar beauty company, working alongside Zendaya
By Emma BurleighApril 5, 2025
Indeed CEO Chris Hyams.
Success
Indeed CEO Chris Hyams reveals two-thirds of jobs on the platform demand skills that AI can already handle
By Emma BurleighApril 3, 2025
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.
Success
The world’s billionaires now hold more wealth than every country in the world except the U.S. and China—and they’d be even richer if it wasn’t for tanking stocks
By Emma BurleighApril 2, 2025
Walton Goggins at White Lotus premiere.
Success
This ‘White Lotus’ star dropped out of college and launched his acting career thanks to a piece of junk mail from American Express
By Emma BurleighApril 1, 2025
Dave Duffield, left, and Aneel Bhusri, both co-founders of Workday Inc.
Success
Workday was ‘born in the cloud’ and is now worth $8.4 billion. Here are its top 5 business lessons
By Emma BurleighApril 1, 2025
Don’t count on America’s wealthiest to help people struggling during the recession—philanthropic spending could go down, experts say
Success
Don’t count on America’s wealthiest to help people struggling during the recession—philanthropic spending could go down, experts say
By Emma BurleighApril 1, 2025
Young woman disappointed on her phone.
Success
Gen Z Americans say the clothes in stores are a bad omen that we’re going into a recession
By Emma BurleighMarch 31, 2025
Michael Yan
Success
Tech CEO says there’s a smart LinkedIn technique to getting jobs—and that it landed him offers at Meta and Microsoft
By Emma BurleighMarch 27, 2025
Hiring manager kicking candidate out of interview.
Success
Meta’s not the only company with a ‘do not hire’ list—experts reveal the surprisingly common red flags that can get you blacklisted
By Emma BurleighMarch 27, 2025
Father gives cash to adult son.
Success
Half of parents are paying their Gen Z and millennial adult children $1,474 a month—but they plan to pull the plug in the next two years because it’s eating into retirement
By Emma BurleighMarch 26, 2025
Family discusses inheritance plans.
Success
The recession could either speed up or slow down when you get your inheritance—experts say these are the huge deciding factors
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2025
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