Yale INSPIRE: Linda Rottenberg, CEO of Endeavor

Linda Rottenberg, CEO of Endeavor and Yale Law School alumna, will speak at Tsai CITY as part of the Yale INSPIRE speaker series in partnership with the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Linda will discuss her time at Yale, her journey as an entrepreneur and innovator, and the work of Endeavor.

Refreshments will be served after the talk.

Linda Rottenberg ('93 JD)

Co-founder & CEO, Endeavor; Board Member

New York Times Bestselling Author

Linda Rottenberg is one of the world’s premier voices on global entrepreneurship and venture capital, technology, and business transformation. She has been named “Innovator for the 21st Century” (TIME), one of “America’s Best Leaders” (U.S. News & World Report), and “the World’s Mentor Capitalist” (Tom Friedman, THE WORLD IS FLAT).

CEO & Co-founder of Endeavor, Rottenberg helms the leading global community of, by, and for High-Impact Entrepreneurs. Operating in over 40 countries, Endeavor selects, supports, and invests in founders who dream big, scale fast and pay their success forward.

Rottenberg also co-leads Endeavor Catalyst, the for-profit investment fund of Endeavor, with $500M in AUM. The fund has invested in over 325 Endeavor companies, with 24 exits and 57 “unicorn” companies valued at over $1B+. The fund pioneered a 50/50 fund returns model, whereby half the profits are reinvested in Endeavor’s non-profit arm.

Rottenberg serves on several corporate boards: Globant, a worldwide pioneer in digital transformation (NYSE: GLOB) (Lead Independent Director); OLO, a SaaS food-ordering platform (NYSE: OLO); Pershing Square SPARC Holdings (NYSE: SPARC). She is Vice-Chair of Yale President’s Council on International Activities and an Advisory Board member of Yale Ventures and Lightship Capital’s Anchor Fund, investing in top Black fund managers.

Author of CRAZY IS A COMPLIMENT, a New York Times bestseller, Rottenberg, has been the subject of five Harvard Business School case studies and one Stanford GSB case study. Honors include: Silicon Valley Forum Visionary Award; Yale Law School Award of Merit; Babson College Honorary Doctorate; Heinz Award for Technology, Economy & Employment; World Economic Forum “Global Leader for Tomorrow” and “Young Global Leader”.

A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Rottenberg lives in Brooklyn with her husband, author Bruce Feiler, and anticipates visits from their college-aged twin daughters.