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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.

Google’s new paid leave and vacation policies signal how the workplace pioneer is adapting to the burnout era
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Google’s new paid leave and vacation policies signal how the workplace pioneer is adapting to the burnout era
By Claire ZillmanJanuary 31, 2022
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Meet the 3 Black female judges on Joe Biden’s Supreme Court shortlist
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJanuary 27, 2022
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Finance executive says he ‘can’t find any’ female directors. How boards are moving past the so-called pipeline problem
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanJanuary 25, 2022
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Democrats have lost support among Americans. Kamala Harris is no exception
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJanuary 20, 2022
Activision Blizzard is being acquired by Microsoft, but its troubled CEO will stay on
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Activision Blizzard is being acquired by Microsoft, but its troubled CEO will stay on
By Claire ZillmanJanuary 18, 2022
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Yankees’ new minor league manager once disguised her gender. Now the MLB is celebrating her for it
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJanuary 13, 2022
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U.S. speedskater gives Olympic spot to her teammate who failed to qualify
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanJanuary 11, 2022
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‘I’m not fully present at work:’ Shonda Rhimes says the expectation that workers tune out home life is a fantasy
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJanuary 6, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes trial: Split verdict finds Theranos founder guilty of four counts of criminal fraud, not guilty on four other counts
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Silicon Valley is learning the wrong lesson from Elizabeth Holmes’s trial verdict
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeJanuary 4, 2022
MacKenzie Scott’s newfound secrecy dulls the influence of her unorthodox style of giving
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MacKenzie Scott’s newfound secrecy dulls the influence of her unorthodox style of giving
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeDecember 9, 2021
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Kamala Harris introduces plan to reduce the U.S. maternal mortality rate—the highest among the world’s developed nations
By Claire Zillman and Kristen BellstromDecember 8, 2021
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The Supreme Court’s own ego may be the only thing that saves Roe v. Wade
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeDecember 2, 2021
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Critics argued NCAA’s new endorsement rule would hurt female athletes—Paige Bueckers’ Gatorade deal proves otherwise
By Emma Hinchliffe and Claire ZillmanNovember 30, 2021
CEO Fran Horowitz remade Abercrombie—and it’s luring back the millennial shoppers it ostracized as teens
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CEO Fran Horowitz remade Abercrombie—and it’s luring back the millennial shoppers it ostracized as teens
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeNovember 24, 2021
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Oprah Winfrey’s investment in Spanx is a full-circle moment
By Claire Zillman and Emma HinchliffeNovember 19, 2021
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