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edgar bronfman jr. chairman fernando fabre president number of employees 300 worldwide website endeavor.org endeavor is a non profit organization headquartered in new york city that credits itself as pioneering the concept of high impact entrepreneurship in growth markets around the world . its mission is to select mentor and accelerate the best high impact entrepreneurs around the world . 2 established in 1997 endeavor is headquartered in new york city with satellite offices in san francisco and singapore . it also has offices in argentina brazil bulgaria chile colombia detroit egypt greece indonesia jordan lebanon louisville malaysia mexico miami morocco peru philippines saudi arabia south africa spain turkey uae and uruguay . the organization expanded to 25 countries in 2015 including expansions in the middle east europe and southeast asia . 1 contents 1 model 2 history 3 events 3.1 endeavor gala 3.2 endeavor summit 4 accolades 5 endeavor global board 6 external links 7 sources model edit endeavor aims to identify and support those entrepreneurs with the greatest potential for economic and social impact in their regions . endeavor provides the entrepreneurs in its network with services that will help them grow their ventures create jobs transform economies and support future generations of entrepreneurs . 3 since 1997 endeavor has screened and provided feedback to over 47 000 candidates and selected over a thousand high impact entrepreneurs from more than 700 companies . supported and mentored by a network of 2 500 local and global business leaders these entrepreneurs have created over 500 000 high value jobs and in 2014 and generated 8 billion in revenues . among other impact metrics companies in the endeavor portfolio average a 68 % growth rate within the first two years of selection . 4 currently endeavor entrepreneurs donate annually back to the organization which eventually aims to be self sustaining . history edit 1997 linda rottenberg and peter kellner establish endeavor . 5 1998 the avina foundation provides 500 000 in seed capital and an argentine business leader provides a 200 000 matching grant . endeavor initiates offices in argentina and chile . 1999 endeavor organizes its first venture forums linking international investors with emerging market entrepreneurs . 2000 endeavor launches endeavor brazil and uruguay . 2001 endeavor holds its ninth selection panel and selects its 100th entrepreneur . endeavor launches endeavor mexico . time magazine recognizes endeavor s founders as among the top 100 innovators for the 21st century in its november 5 2001 issue . 6 2002 the schwab foundation and the world economic forum endorse endeavor as one of 40 leading examples of social entrepreneurship from around the world . 7 2003 the international finance corporation funds endeavor scoping trips to africa and endeavor decides to launch a south africa affiliate . 2004 edgar bronfman jr becomes chairman of endeavor s global board of directors . 2006 james wolfensohn former president of the world bank joins endeavor s global board of directors . endeavor opens operations in colombia and turkey . 2007 endeavor celebrates its 10th anniversary . mercadolibre is the first endeavor company to go public on nasdaq . thomas friedman highlights endeavor in the latest edition of his book the world is flat a brief history of the twenty first century version 3.0 . 8 2008 endeavor opens affiliates in egypt jordan and india . wenceslao casares one of the first endeavor entrepreneurs joins the global board of directors . 9 linda rottenberg co chairs the world economic forum on the middle east held in egypt . 10 endeavor receives a commitment of 10 million from the omidyar network . 11 2009 endeavor launches the mentor capital program global 25 program endeavor jordan and endeavor s center for high impact entrepreneurship research arm . endeavor opens its satellite office in san francisco . endeavor brazil engages 5.3 mm people in global entrepreneurship week . second hbs case study is published focused on endeavor in the mena region . andy freire becomes the first entrepreneur to serve as a country board chairman argentina . 2010 endeavor launches in egypt . endeavor s ceo mena board members and several endeavor entrepreneurs participate in us presidential summit on entrepreneurship . 2011 endeavor launches in lebanon and dubai uae . 2012 endeavor introduces endeavor catalyst a sustainability initiative and launches in indonesia saudi arabia and greece . 2013 endeavor launches in miami florida and kuala lumpur malaysia as well as casablanca morocco . miami becomes its first location in the united states and kuala lumpur becomes the second location in asia . 12 2014 endeavor launches in peru and spain its second location in europe . 2015 endeavor launches in the philippines detroit louisville and bulgaria . the organization was also awarded the 2015 henry kravis prize for nonprofit leadership . events edit endeavor gala edit endeavor holds a gala fundraiser event in new york city every year . the gala brings together nearly 500 top international business leaders decision makers and endeavor network members to celebrate the organization s work and honor the accomplishments of well known entrepreneurs and executives . gala honorees have included stephen a. schwarzman ceo of blackstone group niklas zennstrom and janus friis founders of skype rupert murdoch ceo of news corp jonathan nelson ceo of providence equity partners kevin p. ryan michael bryzek susan lyne alexis maybank and alexandra wilkis wilson of gilt groupe reid hoffman founder of linkedin fadi ghandour ceo of aramex sir richard branson founder of virgin group designer diane von furstenberg endeavor summit edit endeavor also holds an invitation only biennial summit that convenes leading entrepreneurs investors and stakeholders in the endeavor network to discuss and learn about strategies for entrepreneurial growth and innovation . the summit regularly features panels workshops and keynote talks from some of the world s leading entrepreneurs and business people . the 2013 summit took place in san francisco and featured talks with alex asseily ceo of jawbone jack dorsey and biz stone founders of twitter john donahoe ceo of ebay and dave goldberg of surveymonkey among other big names . accolades edit thomas friedman best selling author and pulitzer prize winning columnist stated in his book the world is flat that endeavor was formed for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurs in emerging markets . its basic model is to link up small and midsize businesses with seasoned entrepreneurs so that little guys and gals can get the advice and contacts they need to grow their companies into bigger businesses that can employ more people the best antipoverty program of all . 8 endeavor global board edit edgar bronfman jr. chairman accretive llc general partner michael j. ahearn true north venture partners chairman & managing partner emilio azc rraga jean televisa chairman president and ceo matthew bannick omidyar network managing partner ; ebay former president 11 nicholas f. beim matrix partners general partner 13 matthew brown cais co founder & ceo wenceslao casares lemon.com founder & ceo ; endeavor entrepreneur j. michael cline accretive llc managing partner paul j. fribourg continental grain company chairman & ceo jason green emergence capital partners founding general partner reid hoffman linkedin co founder and executive chairman peter b. kellner richmond global llc founder & managing partner ; endeavor co founder william mcglashan tpg growth founder & managing partner arif naqvi abraaj capital founder and group ceo 14 joanna rees vsp capital founder & managing partner linda rottenberg endeavor co founder & ceo 15 elliot weissbluth hightower advisors ceo & director james wolfensohn emeritus world bank former president wolfensohn & co chairman 16 external links edit endeavor website endeavor on twitter endeavor on instagram endeavor on facebook endeavor on youtube sources edit a b endeavor affiliates . january 2014 . endeavor mission statement . february 2014 . endeavor model . january 2014 . endeavor top metrics . february 2014 . the justice . thejusticeonline.com . retrieved 2011 03 24 . morse jodie 2001 11 05 . charity without the checks . time . retrieved 2011 03 24 . schwab foundation for social entrepreneurship profiles . schwabfound.org . retrieved 2011 03 24 . a b tom friedman calls endeavor s model the best anti poverty program of all . businesswire.com . 2007 07 25 . retrieved 2011 03 24 . 1 archived january 6 2009 at the wayback machine . world economic forum on the middle east a b on endeavor receives 10 million commitment from omidyar network to support high impact entrepreneurship in emerging markets . omidyar.com . 2008 07 31 . retrieved 2011 03 24 . endeavor launches a second southeast asian country affiliate in malaysia . retrieved 2013 10 30 . matrix partners team nick beim . matrixpartners.com . retrieved 2011 03 24 . abraaj capital investing in foresight . abraaj.com . retrieved 2011 03 24 . america s best leaders linda rottenberg entrepreneur us news and world report . usnews.com . 2008 11 19 . retrieved 2011 03 24 . lorenzo mauro de . entrepreneurial philanthropy in the developing world . aei . retrieved 2011 03 24 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title endeavor non profit & oldid 734188238 categories organizations established in 1997non profit organizations based in new york cityhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with a promotional tone from january 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking in text citations from january 2013all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent 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