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Linda Rottenberg

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Linda Rottenberg
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
OccupationCEO & Co-founder of Endeavor
SpouseBruce Feiler
Children2

Linda Rottenberg is an American businesswoman and author. She is the author of Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Endeavor, a non-profit organization that encourages the power of entrepreneurship.

She serves on the board of Zayo Group, a global provider of bandwidth infrastructure (NYSE: ZAYO). She is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, Council on Foreign Relations, and Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and serves on the entrepreneurship steering committee of the World Economic Forum.

Early life and education

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Originally from Newton, Massachusetts,[1] Rottenberg received her J.D. from Yale Law School and B.A. magna cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard College, where she was a National Merit Scholar.[2]

Career

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Rottenberg co-founded Endeavor, an organization encouraging high-impact entrepreneurs, in 1997. Headquartered in New York with 50 offices across the globe, Endeavor identifies, mentors, and co-invests in individuals with the biggest ideas.[3] After spawning entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world, in 2013 Endeavor started work in the U.S..

Rottenberg has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, Financial Times, USA Today, Strategy + Business, People, Glamour, and MORE, and has appeared on GMA, The Today Show, Morning Joe, Nightline, NPR, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg News. Dell featured her in its "Take Your Own Path" ad campaign and Veuve Clicquot named her Businesswoman of the Year.[citation needed]

Rottenberg also wrote Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags, which was published in 2014.[4]

Personal life

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Rottenberg lives in Brooklyn with her husband, author and New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler, and their identical twin daughters.[5]

Honors

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Rottenberg was named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News and one of TIME's 100 "Innovators for the 21st century." She lectures at Fortune 500 companies. Rottenberg is the subject of four case studies by Harvard Business School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. ABC and NPR declared her "the entrepreneur whisperer," journalist; Thomas Friedman dubbed her the world's "mentor capitalist," Business Insider named her "Ms. Davos," and she was known as "la chica loca"[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Our Fiber Fuels Global Innovation | Zayo".
  2. ^ "Linda Rottenberg". luminary-magazine.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  3. ^ "Homepage".
  4. ^ "Linda Rottenberg: The next Silicon Valley is... | Masters of Scale podcast". WaitWhat. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  5. ^ Bob Minzesheimer (14 February 2013). "Author uncovers 'secrets' of happy families". usatoday.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ Marco della Cava (15 October 2014). "Change Agents: Rottenberg's 'crazy' world mission". usatoday.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Heinz Awards - Linda Rottenberg".
  8. ^ "Linda Rottenberg, Forbes Impact 30". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  9. ^ "Linda Rottenberg, Trailblazer". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  10. ^ "2009 Asper Award". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  11. ^ "America's Best Leaders: Linda Rottenberg, Entrepreneur". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  12. ^ "2003 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  13. ^ "2004 Young Innovator". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  14. ^ "WEF - Linda Rottenberg". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  15. ^ "Queen Urges Public-Private Partnerships to Create a Culture of Giving". Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  16. ^ "Linda Rottenberg biography". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  17. ^ "Women to Watch Awards". 7 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  18. ^ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  19. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Linda Rottenberg". The Dialogue. Retrieved 2017-04-13.

References

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  • Linda Rottenberg's February 2009 Keynote address at Harvard Business School's Social Entrepreneurship Conference [1]
  • Harvard Business School case study (2009): "Endeavor: Creating a Global Movement for High-Impact Entrepreneurship" [2]
  • Harvard Business School case study (2003): "Endeavor: Determining A Growth Strategy" [3]
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business case study [4]
  • "The Davos Awards: The 25 People And Companies Who Just Won The World's Most Prestigious Event" (Business Insider, January 2011) [5]
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