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UrsulaBurns

By Derek T. Dingle | Published October 1, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

Ursula M. Burns Charmain & CEO Xerox Corp. Burns oversees a corporation that reported $22.6 billion in revenue and a workforce of roughly 140,000 employees in more than 160 countries. The first black female to run one of the nation's 1,000 largest publicly-traded companies, she completed the largest transaction in Xerox's history -- the $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services -- shortly after her appointment in 2009.

Ursula M. Burns
Charmain & CEO
Xerox Corp.

Burns oversees a corporation that reported $22.6 billion in…

Burns is the first black woman to run one of the 1,000 largest publicly-traded companies.