Linda Rottenberg

Who is Linda Rottenberg?

Linda Rottenberg is an American lawyer, businesswoman and author. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Endeavor, a non-profit organization that credits itself with pioneering the field of high-impact entrepreneurship. Her book, Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags, will be published by Penguin Random House in October 2014.

Named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by US News & World Report and one of 100 “Innovators for the 21st century” by Time Magazine, Rottenberg is considered one of the world's most dynamic experts on entrepreneurship, emerging markets, innovation, and leadership. She has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, The Economist, Strategy + Business, People, and the Financial Times and has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and Bloomberg. In addition, Rottenberg was named “Ms. Davos” by Business Insider in 2011, Veuve Clicquot's Businesswoman of the Year in 2008, and featured in Dell's “Take Your Own Path” advertising campaign. She was referred to as the world's "Mentor Capitalist" in Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat.