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Linda Rottenberg
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Linda Rottenberg

American businesswoman and author

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.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Linda Rottenberg (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 12, 1968.1

About

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.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedYale Law School3
  • Date not recordedHarvard College3
  • Date not recordedHarvard University3

Originally from Newton, Massachusetts, 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.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer, entrepreneur, manager.5

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. 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.

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

From Wikipedia’s article on Linda Rottenberg (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6
  • SpouseBruce Feiler7

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

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Awards

  • 2018Heinz Award8 9

Sources

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