Ursula Burns

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business executive chief executive officer human

Ursula Burns is an American business executive best known for serving as CEO of Xerox, becoming the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.

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Label Occurrences
Ursula Burns canonical 5
Ursula M. Burns née Roth 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf business executive ⓘ
chief executive officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeIn STEM education advocacy ⓘ
corporate governance ⓘ
advisorTo various educational and nonprofit organizations ⓘ
awardReceived Leadership awards from various business organizations ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
boardMemberOf American Express ⓘ
Diageo ⓘ
Exxon ⓘ
surface form: ExxonMobil

Uber ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
NYU Tandon School of Engineering ⓘ
surface form: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
employer Xerox ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Burns ⓘ
fieldOfStudy mechanical engineering ⓘ
givenName Ursula ⓘ
hasHonorific trailblazing business leader ⓘ
hasPublishedWork business and leadership commentary in media interviews ⓘ
hasRole corporate director ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
industry business services industry ⓘ
technology industry ⓘ
influenced representation of women and minorities in corporate leadership ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for STEM education ⓘ
advocacy for diversity and inclusion in corporate leadership ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Express ⓘ
surface form: American Express board of directors

Diageo ⓘ
surface form: Diageo board of directors

ExxonMobil board of directors ⓘ
Uber board of directors ⓘ
name Ursula Burns self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company ⓘ
notableFor being the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company ⓘ
serving as CEO of Xerox ⓘ
notableWork leadership in transforming Xerox from a document technology company to a services and technology company ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
participatedIn Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ
surface form: White House initiatives on STEM education
positionHeld CEO of Xerox ⓘ
Chairman of Xerox ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ

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Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women → hasNotableListMember → Ursula Burns ⓘ
Ursula Burns → name → Ursula Burns self-link ⓘ
2019 Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation → signedBy → Ursula Burns ⓘ
Ursula → isUsedBy → Ursula Burns ⓘ
Roth → notableBearer → Ursula Burns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ursula M. Burns née Roth
CEO of Xerox → name → Ursula Burns ⓘ
subject surface form: Ursula Burns