First Black Woman Fortune 500 CEO Says ‘Being The Minority’ Can Be A Career Advantage

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By Rayna Reid ·Updated March 17, 2022

In 2009, Ursula Burns shattered the metaphorical glass ceiling two-fold when she became “the first African American woman to serve as CEO of a Fortune 500 company and the first female to acceded to the position of CEO of such a company in succession after another female.”

This week, Burns sat down with CNBC to discuss her career >calls, “from the likes of President resident

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