Brian Chesky

CEO & co-Founder at Airbnb

Brian Chesky is the co-founder, Head of Community, and CEO of Airbnb, which he started with Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk in 2008. Brian sets the company’s strategy to connect people to unique travel experiences, and drives Airbnb’s mission to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. Originally from New York, Brian graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design.

Direct reports

Alex Schleifer
Chief Design Officer
Joe Gebbia
Co-founder & Head of Samara
Catherine Powell
Global Head of Hosting
Tara Bunch
Global Head of Operations
Aristotle Balogh
CTO
Dave Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Lehane
SVP, Global Policy & Communications
Nate Blecharczyk
Co-Founder, CSO, Chairman of Airbnb China
Rich Baer
Chief Legal Officer
Beth Axelrod
VP, Employee Experience
Danielle Zloto
EA to Brian Chesky
Hiroki Asai
Global Head of Marketing
Joseph Zadeh
Chief Stakeholder Officer
Krishna Rao
Global Head of Corporate Development
Sam Shrauger
VP, Global Head of Payments, CEO Airbnb Payments

Airbnb

Brian Chesky

CEO & co-Founder at Airbnb

Direct reports

Alex Schleifer

Joe Gebbia

Catherine Powell

Tara Bunch

Aristotle Balogh

Dave Stephenson

Chris Lehane

Nate Blecharczyk

Rich Baer

Beth Axelrod

Danielle Zloto

Hiroki Asai

Joseph Zadeh

Krishna Rao

Sam Shrauger