Ursula Burns

Name: Ursula Burns

Born: September 20, 1958

Computer-related contributions

• Serves as madam chairman (or chairperson) and CEO of Xerox.
• First African American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company.
• First woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company.

Honors and awards

• Rated 14th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes (2009).

Quotes

"The accolades that I get for doing absolutely nothing are amazing - I've been named to every list, literally, since I became the CEO."