Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Holdings
Search every verified Ursula Burns interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ursula Burns spoke at the Opportunity Network Gala on May 20, 2026. She reflected on her upbringing, describing her mother's advice to "keep looking around" and not let others define one's future. Burns attributed her own success to "a couple of interactions" that made the difference between contributing to society and becoming a "detractor." She urged students to pursue their goals aggressively, stating that "dreams belong to the people who push" and that success involves working through rejection and sacrifice rather than avoiding them.
“How did this happen? How is it that the Xerox Corporation had two female CEOs, one after another? How did the Xerox Corporation produce the first African-American woman CEO? That should have been the conversation, not these ridiculous stories proclaiming, 'Oh my god, not one but two women, and oh my god, a black woman...”
“I was becoming the CEO of Xerox which had gone through two or three neardeath experiences by then. The company had to be led to be managed to be strengthened and it was not going to be an easy ride. Xerox needed a lot of work”
“One of the questions the pandemic has laid bare is whether we really need to come into an office all the time to do our”
“The corporate model is white male and we're conforming to the structure built by them. There are rules to the game they wrote the rules. Yes there are Judges referees whatever the hell CE who judge the they are the judges and then they say to us the people who are not like them come play. They didn't say please come pl...”
Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com ID: 497436 Title: Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir Author: Ursula Burns Narrator: Ursula Burns Format: Unabridged Length: 7:39:45 Language: English Release date: 06-15-21 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Management & Leadership, Social Science Summary: The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing unique insights on American business and corporate life, the workers she has always valued, racial and…
mPower Founder Marcia M. Davies sits down with Ursula Burns, former CEO of Xerox Corporation, for an in-depth conversation on how her upbringing impacted her career journey as well as how it shaped her leadership style. Burns also discusses the current state of the corporate world and emphasizes the importance of leveling the playing field for women to cultivate further progress in achieving workplace equity and equality. She also provides helpful advice on how the next generation can be agents of change when developing new corporate models that benefit all professionals.
Ursula Burns, Uber & Endeavor Board Member, Teneo Chairman and Former Xerox CEO, joins 'Last Call' to talk headwinds ...
Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, shares her insights on American business and the corporate world. She's interviewed by Amazon Senior Vice President Alicia Boler Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)
Ursula Burns, Teneo chairwoman and former Xerox CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's CEO survey on M&A outlook for 2024, top risks for the new year, outlook on AI, and more.
Ursula Burns recalls growing up in New York City in a housing project on the Lower East Side during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement and describes her mother as extremely impactful. She would tell her “You must leave behind more than you take.” Burns discusses her time as an engineering student, working at Xerox, how she transitioned from the technical to business side of the company, and the defining moments of her career that would eventually lead her to become CEO of Xerox. Corporate chief executive Ursula Burns was born on September 20, 1958 in New York City to Olga Burns. She atten…
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Signature Luncheon @EconClubNY 695th meeting of the club Monday, February 13, 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Series #DEI Ursula Burns Chairwoman, Teneo Former CEO, Xerox Moderator: Fred P. Hochberg Principal, Heyday
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