Ursula Burns reflects on being ‘the first’
In 2009, when NYU Tandon alum Ursula Burns took the helm at Xerox, she became the first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Now, she reflects on what it meant to be the “first.” “I didn’t enjoy the moments, I ran through them. I tell everyone to take time and relax. That is part of the learning.”
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Ursula Burns
Mechanical Engineering, 1980
Chairwoman of VEON, Senior Advisor to Teneo, former CEO of Xerox