The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Ursula Burns on Being the CEO of Xerox, Black Women in STEM, and Inspiring the Next Generation of Black Kids

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About the episode

Bakari is joined by Ursula Burns, the former CEO of Xerox and the first Black woman to head a Fortune 500 company, to talk about her path to becoming the CEO (2:43), why she wants to encourage more Black women to study STEM (20:07), the mentors she's had along the way, and why it's so important to pay it forward (28:34).

Host: Bakari Sellers

Guest: Ursula Burns

Producer: Kaya McMullen

Engineer: Kyle Crichton

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