Linda Rottenberg

Co-founder & CEO, Endeavor; Board Member
New York Times Bestselling Author

Linda Rottenberg is one of the world’s leading voices on global entrepreneurship, venture capital, and ecosystem transformation.

She has been named “Innovator for the 21st Century” (TIME), one of “America’s Best Leaders” (U.S. News & World Report), “the World’s Mentor Capitalist” (Tom Friedman), and “the Entrepreneur Whisperer” (ABC).

As Co-Founder & CEO of Endeavor, Linda built a global network that identifies, mentors, and invests in the highest growth entrepreneurs across 50+ countries — showcasing the power of innovation Elsewhere.

Endeavor’s global investment fund, Endeavor Catalyst, manages $540M in AUM across four funds, with over 375 investments and 64 “unicorn” companies valued at $1B+.

Linda currently serves on two public company boards: Globant, a leading digital transformation company (NYSE: GLOB); and Pershing Square SPARC Holdings (SPARC). She is a founding member of the Yale Ventures Advisory Board and Vice-Chair of Yale President’s Council on International Activities.

In 2014, Linda published CRAZY IS A COMPLIMENT, a New York Times bestseller. She has been the subject of one Stanford and five Harvard Business School case studies.

A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Linda lives in Brooklyn with her husband, author Bruce Feiler, and visits her identical twin daughters in college when she’s not traveling the world.