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Brian Chesky
Airbnb · Niskayuna, USA
Industrial designer who treated hospitality as a product and a company as a community.
Design-led opsCrisis re-foundingCommunity as moat
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Company
Airbnb
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2007Rented out airbeds in his SF apartment to pay rent.
- 2009YC; sold Obama O's cereal to stay alive.
- 2014Hit 1M nightly stays.
- 2020Survived COVID; IPO'd weeks later at $100B.
Struggles
Maxed out credit cards; rejected by every investor for the first 2 years.
Family
Single; close-knit team of co-founders and his sister.
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- ↗wikipedia.orgBrian Chesky on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comAirbnb — official site
- ↗news.google.comBrian Chesky in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comAirbnb on Crunchbase
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Industrial designer who treated hospitality as a product and a company as a community.
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