Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

A Memoir Ursula Burns Paperback BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Business “Run, don’t walk, to buy this book about the amazing life and career of Ursula Burns, who rose to lead and help save the Fortune 500 company Xerox. If you’re looking for life and business lessons about how to navigate both as a Black woman, this book is for you. If you’re wondering why girls should study STEM subjects and become engineers in our changing economy, you’ll understand why. And if you’re ready to be inspired during this difficult time in America, Ursula’s story of being a poor immigrant’s daughter delivers.”—Hillary Rodham Clinton In 2009, when she was appointed the chief executive officer of the Xerox Corporation, Ursula Burns shattered the glass ceiling and made headlines, becoming the first Black female to hold the position at a Fortune 500 company. In this smart, no-nonsense book, part memoir and part cultural critique, Burns writes movingly about her journey from tenement housing to the highest echelons of the corporate world.