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Rottenberg grew up in the leafy Boston suburb of Newton, Mass., the daughter of a lawyer and a homemaker. Her family was supportive and stable — she credits them with giving her “the confidence to be curious” — but Rottenberg realized early on that she itched for a less-conventional kind of life. She also developed a passion for social activism. “I...
Eager to gain insight into Latin America’s economic and social complexities, Rottenberg struck up conversations everywhere she went. One day, a taxi driver in Buenos Aires told her he had a Ph.D. in engineering. “What are you doing driving a cab?” she asked. He looked at her blankly in the rearview mirror. There were no jobs, he said. No opportunit...
In the next few months, Rottenberg left her job at Ashoka and focused her energy on launching Endeavor. Kellner agreed to assume an advisory role, and to provide seed money contingent on Rottenberg’s ability to find matching funds. She approached foundations, even though she knew that Endeavor’s chances were slim: At the time — the late 1990s — les...
In January 1998, Endeavor opened its first country office in Chile; that August, an Argentine office followed. The Chilean office proved to be a false start — a lack of local buy-in forced it to close its doors until it could garner the necessary support to successfully relaunch, which it did in 2002 — but Endeavor Argentina flourished. Its first b...
By 2003, Endeavor had reached an inflection point of its own. Its four country affiliate offices had helped create 8,562 jobs at 97 companies across Latin America, with annual revenues totaling $332 million. Mass media coverage began to increase; a Harvard Business School case study followed. Intrigued, Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bro...
Rottenberg views Endeavor’s expansion as part of a larger trend in which social entrepreneurship moves into the mainstream. In recent years, she argues, several high-profile individuals have helped create a tipping point of sorts for the concept. In 2006, U2 front man Bono morphed from musician to social entrepreneur with the launch of Product Red,...
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Mar 11, 2019 · Founded in 1997 by Linda Rottenberg and Peter Kellner, Endeavor has helped 1,800 of these entrepreneurs build more than 1,000 companies across 30 markets, which generated combined revenues of $15 billion in 2017.
In 2009, Endeavor co-founder Linda Rottenberg co-chairs the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, in Egypt. [8] In the same year, Endeavor received a commitment of $10 million from the Omidyar Network. [9]
Apr 11, 2014 · Inspired, Rottenberg partnered with Peter Kellner, her Endeavor cofounder, to launch a nonprofit organization that would try to do just that.
