Female CEOs join or exit the group of Fortune 500 leaders one of two ways: first, an existing Fortune 500 company hires, fires, or retires a new chief executive; secondly, a company's revenue ...

It took over 50 years for Ursula Burns to break barriers as the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, serving as ...

She joined Xerox in 1980 as an intern, working her way up to the helm of the company. She started as a mechanical engineering intern. Burns became senior vice president, Corporate Strategic Services, ...