36 Facts About Ursula Burns

Ursula M Burns was born on September 20,1958 and is an American businesswoman.

Ursula Burns is the first woman to follow another as the head of a Fortune 500 company.

Ursula Burns remained the chairman at Xerox from 2010 to 2017.

Ursula Burns is known for serving on the board of directors of multiple large American companies, including Uber, American Express, and ExxonMobil.

Ursula Burns was the chairperson and CEO of VEON from late 2018 to early 2020 and is the Non-Executive Chairwoman of Teneo.

Under President Barack Obama Ursula Burns led the White House national program on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from 2009 to 2016.

Ursula Burns attended and graduated Cathedral High School, a Catholic all-girls school on East 56th Street in New York.

Ursula Burns has since received additional honorary degrees from New York University, Williams College, the University of Pennsylvania, Howard University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The City College of New York, Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Rochester, Xavier University, and Georgetown University.

Ursula Burns began her journey with Xerox as a summer intern in 1980 and officially joined the company a year later, following the completion of her master's degree from Columbia University.

Ursula Burns worked in various roles in product development and planning at the company for the remainder of the 1980s.

Ursula Burns accepted and worked for him for roughly nine months before returning home because she was about to marry.

In May 2000, Ursula Burns was named senior vice president of corporate strategic services and began working closely with soon-to-be CEO Anne Mulcahy, in what both women have described as a true partnership.

Two years later, Ursula Burns became president of business group operations.

In 2007, Ursula Burns assumed the role of president of Xerox.

The first black woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company, Ursula Burns was the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company.

Shortly after being named CEO, Ursula Burns led the acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services.

Ursula Burns remained chairwoman and CEO of Xerox through the process, and was then appointed chairwoman of the standalone document technology company.

Ursula Burns retained the title of chairwoman of the newly formed document technology company until May 2017, when she left the Xerox board and her role as chairperson.

Ursula Burns has served on numerous boards, including those of Exxon Mobil Corporation, American Express Corporation, Datto Inc.

Ursula Burns joined Teneo as a senior advisor in June 2017.

Ursula Burns joined the board of directors of Uber in late September 2017.

Ursula Burns remains on the boards of Endeavor Group Holdings and IHS Holding.

In July 2017, Ursula Burns was elected chairman of VEON, the world's 11th largest telecom service provider by subscribers, by its board of directors.

Ursula Burns was announced to be joining Diageo board as a non-executive director, but Diageo announced in March 2018 that "Ursula Burns will not take up her appointment as Non-Executive Director on the Diageo Board" as she has been appointed as interim Executive Chairman of VEON.

In 2021, Ursula Burns partnered with Tagar Olson and Richard Kunzer to co-found private equity firm Integrum Holdings.

US President Barack Obama appointed Ursula Burns to help lead the White House National STEM program in 2009, and she remained a leader of the STEM program until 2016.

In February 2022, Ursula Burns joined the US Department of Commerce's Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness as Vice Chair.

Ursula Burns provides leadership counsel to community, educational, and non-profit organizations including FIRST, National Academy Foundation, MIT, and the US Olympic Committee, among others.

Ursula Burns is a founding board director of Change the Equation, which focuses on improving the US's education system in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Ursula Burns served as vice chairwoman of the executive committee of The Business Council between 2013 and 2014.

Ursula Burns has delivered the commencement address at universities including Rochester Institute of Technology, MIT, the University of Rochester, Xavier University, Howard University, Williams College, and Georgetown University.

Ursula Burns has been listed multiple times by Forbes as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

Ursula Burns was married to Lloyd Bean until his death in 2019; he worked at Xerox, and they lived in Rochester, New York.

Ursula Burns has a daughter Melissa was born on c 1992 and and a stepson Malcolm was born on c 1989 and who attended MIT.

Ursula Burns has been a major donor to McQuaid Jesuit High School in New York.

Ursula Burns published a memoir, Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir, in 2021.