We Are Inspired By This BOSS "Black History Women Leaders": Ursula Burns
Women Leader: Ursula Burns Company: Xerox Corporation Position: Chairman & CEO Website: Xerox.com Recognition: She is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company. [1] In 2009, Forbes rated her the 14th most powerful woman in the world. [2] Quote: “Where you are is not who you are” Source of quote: http://bneff10.wordpress.com/from-the-projects-to-the-business-world-ursula-m-burns/ Bio: Ursula M. Burns is chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation. Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern and later assumed roles in product development and planning. From 1992 through 2000, Burns led several business teams including the office color and fax business and office network printing business. In 2000, she was named senior vice president, Corporate Strategic Services, heading up manufacturing and supply chain operations. She then