Brian Chesky
Co-founder and CEO, Airbnb.
Founded Airbnb in 2008.
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Profile
Brian Chesky is a co-founder and the chief executive of Airbnb, the online marketplace for short and long stays, experiences and services. He started the company with Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia in 2008; Airbnb dates its beginning to 2007, when two hosts took in three guests at their San Francisco home.
Chesky was born in 1981 in Niskayuna, New York. He studied industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004, and then worked as an industrial designer in Los Angeles, designing toys, guitars and medical equipment, before starting Airbnb.
Sources
- Brian Chesky Wikipedia
- Airbnb Wikipedia
- About us Airbnb Newsroom
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Photo
A studio portrait of Brian Chesky in a dark sweater against a dark background, 2025. Photograph by Celeste Sloman, provided by Airbnb, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped from the original by Ceolumen and shared under the same licence.