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.

SuccessCharlie Kirk went from college dropout to CEO of a $92 million-a-year political movement with a direct line to President Trump by 31
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 11, 2025

SuccessTwilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—he’s listening for one word in particular, and you’re not hired if you say it too much
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 10, 2025

SuccessThis millennial became a millionaire before turning 30 thanks to early investments in Deliveroo and Revolut—he shares how Gen Z can spot the next startup jackpot
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 7, 2025

SuccessNvidia CEO Jensen Huang sent research reports on Sundays to SoundHound’s CEO for feedback—an unusual ritual that helped grow the $5 billion AI firm
By Preston Fore and Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 5, 2025

SuccessCEOs really are ditching Gen Z ‘first timers’ for AI, career coach to the Fortune 500 warns—here’s how grads can still land work
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 2, 2025

SuccessGen Z are eyeing up ‘secure’ healthcare jobs to AI-proof their careers, but be warned: chiropractors, doctors and paramedics are the unhappiest workers
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 31, 2025

Success$16 billion Twilio CEO wakes at 4:30 a.m., works Sundays and runs laps around his house between meetings to blow off steam
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 29, 2025

SuccessAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’s still in founder mode—he personally handpicks staff, treats them as direct reports, and decides who stays
By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 26, 2025

SuccessStop calling for ‘ambitious’ or ‘self-reliant’ workers in job ads—they’re on the list of words that’ll attract narcissists, research suggests
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 22, 2025

SuccessGen Zer washed his college basketball team’s dirty clothes and mopped floors to prove his passion—now he’s one of the youngest interns ever at the NBA
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 21, 2025

SuccessTarget’s incoming CEO started as a summer intern 20 years ago—he tells Gen Zers to embrace feedback if they want to climb the ladder like he did
By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 20, 2025

SuccessThis millennial gut health scientist and founder juggles 5 jobs and 2 kids—she has a ‘strict’ coffee routine and swears by $20-a-day lunch habit
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 20, 2025

Success‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss
By Emma Burleigh and Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2025
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