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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.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng.
Success
DeepSeek’s CEO came out of nowhere to challenge Jensen Huang and Sam Altman. The overnight success is powered by Gen Z new hires
By Emma BurleighJanuary 31, 2025
Frustrated job seeker searches for roles on computer.
Success
The job hunt is as bad as it seems—a quarter of candidates have been looking for a year
By Emma BurleighJanuary 30, 2025
Bill Gates and his Lake Washington mansion.
Success
Bill Gates says he will never downsize his ‘gigantic’ $130 million mansion he bought for just $2 million
By Emma BurleighJanuary 29, 2025
Ms. Rachel on TV.
Success
Multimillionaire YouTube star Ms. Rachel shares her secret formula to becoming the ‘Taylor Swift for kids’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 29, 2025
Portrait photo of Nike CEO Elliott Hill smiling in a black sweatshirt with the Nike logo.
Success
Nike’s CEO was battling retirement restlessness—a single phone call unexpectedly yanked him back to the office as chief executive
By Emma BurleighJanuary 28, 2025
Worker in edgy outfit is on phone outside of office.
Success
Some Gen Zers are getting in trouble for not knowing how to dress at work—and experts say they’ve missed out on one huge fashion tip
By Emma BurleighJanuary 26, 2025
Marc Benioff at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Success
Marc Benioff says that from now on CEOs will no longer lead all-human workforces—enter the new era of AI coworkers
By Emma BurleighJanuary 24, 2025
Employee happily works from home.
Success
Meet the top work-from-anywhere employer with a ton of remote openings. The CPO explains why they reject return to office mandates
By Emma BurleighJanuary 24, 2025
Workers at office while others rush around them.
Success
Donald Trump and CEOs are all pushing a return to the office. Workers hate it. Who will win?
By Emma BurleighJanuary 23, 2025
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States.
Success
Jeff Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez is being slammed for her inauguration outfit—igniting Gen Z’s ‘office siren’ debate and what’s appropriate for work
By Emma BurleighJanuary 21, 2025
Young woman at work looking over her shoulder
Success
Workers are becoming increasingly secretive at work—and Gen Z is the most likely to hide parts of themselves
By Emma BurleighJanuary 21, 2025
Nurse works from home.
Success
Here are the top 10 side hustles that still allow you to work from home and earn up to $56 an hour—as firms like AT&T ban it
By Emma BurleighJanuary 20, 2025
Dunlap Hollow's "The Cave" property, nestled in the Ohio wilderness.
Success
Meet the 34-year-old engineer who quit his day job to transform a cave into a vacation rental—now it’s booked out a year in advance, raking in over $700,000 a year
By Emma BurleighJanuary 19, 2025
The founder of activist short-seller Hindenburg Research, Nate Anderson.
Success
Founders keep saying they learned the same life lesson after extraordinary career success: ‘I had isolated myself’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 17, 2025
Ms. Rachel, Youtube star creating educational videos for toddlers.
Success
YouTube star Ms. Rachel built her multimillion dollar empire by entertaining toddlers online. Now, she’s scored a deal with Netflix
By Emma BurleighJanuary 16, 2025
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