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Brian Chesky        

Co-Founder, CEO & Head of Community at Airbnb

Brian Chesky is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Airbnb and sets the vision and strategy for the company. In 2007, Chesky and Joe Gebbia became Airbnb’s first hosts. Since then, Chesky has overseen Airbnb’s growth to become a community of over four million hosts who have welcomed more than 800 million guests across 220+ countries and regions. Chesky and cofounder Joe Gebbia had the idea for Airbnb in 2007: When a design conference came to town and all the hotels were booked up, they decided to rent out their apartment for those who needed a place to stay.

A graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, Chesky has embedded his creative roots in Airbnb’s culture, product and community. This design-driven approach has enabled a system of trust that allows strangers to live together, and created a unique business model that facilitates connection and belonging.

Chesky is a signatory to the Giving Pledge and has committed to donating the net proceeds of his CEO equity compensation to community, philanthropic and charitable causes. Originally from Niskayuna, New York, Chesky is an Airbnb Experience host in San Francisco.

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Airbnb: your place or mine?
It began as a cheap bed for the night. Now even Beyoncé uses Airbnb. Next stop, world domination? That’s the plan, says billionaire founder Brian Chesky
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on expansion plans and legal battles ...
"Time 100" honoree and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his groundbreaking lodging site that's now chasing Olympic dreams.
Airbnb's Brian Chesky has designs on China
SAN FRANCISCO — As a kid, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky bought a few shares of Disney stock in order to get the company's annual report. Its glossy pages ...
Brian Chesky | TIME
Brian Chesky's audacity is fabulous. He dares to believe that we shouldn't be strangers, that we can have a sense of true belonging whenever, wherever we ...
The key to effective leadership - Business Insider
Airbnb employees seem to love CEO Brian Chesky. ... Take for example the company's headquarters, which allows people to transcend San Francisco and enter ...
Airbnb's Chesky, Theranos' Holmes among presidential entrepreneurs
Marco della Cava, USA TODAY 9:05 p.m. EDT May 11, 2015 ... Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky will focus on helping Cuban entrepreneurs as part of a presidential ...

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