10 Black CEOs who changed the face of leadership in corporate America

Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns started her career in 1988- as a summer intern at Xerox. She joined Xerox a year later, after completing her master’s degree, and worked in different positions in the company. She became the Vice President in 1999, Senior Vice President in 2000, President in 2007, and the CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016, making her the first Black American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. She was also the Chairman of Xerox from 2010 to 2017.

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