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Claire Zillman is a London-based senior editor for Fortune, where she writes and edits features about corporate leadership, with a focus on female executives. She also edits Fortune's flagship newsletter, CEO Daily, and co-chairs Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. Her Fortune cover story, "The First Lady of Wall Street," about Jane Fraser's rise to become the first female CEO among Wall Street's big banks earned her a SABEW, and her feature on the then-unbroken glass ceiling at Wall Street’s banking giants won a New York Press Award. Claire has also worked for Fortune in New York and Hong Kong. Earlier in her career, she was a reporter for The American Lawyer magazine. She graduated with honors from Syracuse University with degrees in journalism and history and is originally from Chicago. She lives in East London with her husband and son.

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China is finally hearing #MeToo accusers out
By Kristen Bellstrom and Claire ZillmanAugust 10, 2021
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Adena Friedman makes the case for Nasdaq’s boardroom diversity push
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeAugust 5, 2021
Tish James’s Cuomo report shows the power of #MeToo
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Tish James’s Cuomo report shows the power of #MeToo
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanAugust 4, 2021
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Day 11
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Simone Biles returns to Olympic competition for the same reason she left
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeAugust 3, 2021
Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Black Widow’ lawsuit could transform the streaming era
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Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Black Widow’ lawsuit could transform the streaming era
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanJuly 30, 2021
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Sam Bankman-Fried and the conscience of a crypto billionaire
By Claire ZillmanJuly 29, 2021
Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 2
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There’s an easy way to end the Olympics’ never-ending dress code debate
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJuly 27, 2021
Wendy Tan White was a CEO at 29. Here’s what that taught her about becoming a CEO again 20 years later
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Wendy Tan White was a CEO at 29. Here’s what that taught her about becoming a CEO again 20 years later
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanJuly 23, 2021
Can you live off only female-run brands? It’s awfully hard
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Can you live off only female-run brands? It’s awfully hard
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJuly 22, 2021
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard Space Vehicle Flies The Billionaire And Other Passengers To Space
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Even Jeff Bezos critics have to love that Wally Funk finally got her spaceflight
By Kristen Bellstrom and Claire ZillmanJuly 21, 2021
2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials - Day 9
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How 2021 became a turning point for Olympic moms
By Claire ZillmanJuly 19, 2021
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Women’s Wikipedia pages are more likely than men’s to be nominated for deletion
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJuly 15, 2021
Melinda Gates at the Elysee Palace in Paris
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Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures pours more money into female-focused venture fund
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJuly 13, 2021
New York City Mayoral Candidates Join AAPI Community For Unveiling Of Chinatown Mural
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Why can’t New York City elect a female mayor?
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJuly 8, 2021
Women are missing out on workers’ newfound bargaining power
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Women are missing out on workers’ newfound bargaining power
By Claire ZillmanJuly 6, 2021
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