Hiroki Asai

As Global Head of Marketing at Airbnb, Hiroki Asai oversees all marketing efforts around the world, with a focus on highlighting the Airbnb community’s millions of hosts who offer unique places to stay in over 220 countries and regions globally.

Prior to joining Airbnb, Hiroki was a senior advisor at SYPartners in which he worked with Airbnb. Before that, Hiroki spent 18 years at Apple and served as Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications and Executive Creative Director where he was responsible for a variety of iconic marketing campaigns for a range of products including the first iMac, Apple Watch and iPhone. Under his leadership, teams created the exceptional advertising, consumer touch points and creative expressions which Apple is known for today.

Hiroki lives in San Francisco with his family and holds a BA in Graphic Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.