Ursula Burns

Burns
Title:
Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation

Burns rose from an intern at Xerox Corporation to become president in 2007, CEO in 2009 and chairman the next year. Burns holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. In 2015, President Obama appointed her chair of the President’s Export Council. She serves on the boards of several corporations, including ExxonMobil Corporation and American Express.