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Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns

Business & Entrepreneurship

Ursula M. Burns was the first Black woman to serve as CEO of a Fortune 500 company when she became chief executive of Xerox Corporation in 2009. She was also the first woman to succeed another woman as CEO of a Fortune 500 company, taking over from Anne Mulcahy. In an era when Fortune 500 […]

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