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Brian Chesky

CEO of Airbnb, Inc.

Education

  • Graduated - Rhode Island School of Design
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts degree -

Overview

Brian Chesky is the CEO of Airbnb, Inc.  

After graduating from RISD, Chesky moved to Los Angeles to work as an industrial designer. In October 2007, he moved to San Francisco to live with RISD classmate Joe Gebbia. Chesky did not have enough money to pay his rent, and decided with Gebbia to open their house to short-term renters. His move to San Francisco coincided with the Industrial Designers Society of America conference, which ran out of hotel rooms. The pair decided to open the house they were renting as a bed and breakfast, providing air mattresses for guests to sleep on and Pop-Tarts for breakfast. The business became Airbnb.

Chesky became the leader and chief executive officer of Airbnb. To receive funding, Chesky and his co-founders created special-edition cereals called "Obama O's" and "Cap'n McCains", based on presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Impressed by the cereal boxes, computer programmer Paul Graham invited the founders to the January 2009 winter training session of his startup incubator, Y Combinator, which provided them with training and $20,000 in funding in exchange for a 6% interest in the company.

In December 2020, Airbnb became a public company via an initial public offering.Chesky has used Twitter to personally solicit suggestions for improvements to Airbnb, doing so in 2016 and 2023. He is an active Airbnb host and listed his home in San Francisco on the platform in 2022. He spent six months that year staying in Airbnbs, which led to the development of 50 changes to the platform and additional service offerings.

Early Life

Brian Chesky was born on 29 August 1981 in Niskayuna, New York, United States.

Career

  • Airbnb, Inc - CEO

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