Linda Rottenberg.

Linda Rottenberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Endeavor, a global organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging and underserved markets.

Rottenberg co-founded Endeavor in 1997 and has grown it into a network operating in over 40 countries, having supported over 2,800 entrepreneurs whose companies have created over 5 million jobs and generated more than $60 billion in annual revenue. Endeavor's entrepreneurs include the founders of Mercado Libre, Globant, and Peak 5, among many others that have become unicorns and public companies. Time magazine named Rottenberg one of the 100 Innovators for the New Century, and she has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. She is the bestselling author of Crazy is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags. Rottenberg pioneered the concept of supporting "scale-up" entrepreneurs rather than just startups-recognizing that growing companies create the most economic impact but are often overlooked by traditional support systems. Her work has fundamentally shaped how the world thinks about building entrepreneurial ecosystems outside of Silicon Valley.