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Airbnb, Inc. (/ ˌ ɛər ˌ b iː ɛ n ˈ b iː / AIR-BEE-en-BEE) is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays and experiences in various countries and regions. The company acts as a broker and charges a commission from each booking. Airbnb was founded in August 2008 by Brian Chesky, Nathan ...
January. Funding. Airbnb is accepted into Y Combinator 's Winter 2009 batch and receives $20,000 in funding. [9][10] Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham says that even though he is not a fan of Airbnb's idea, he is impressed by their creative methods for bootstrapping their funding situation by selling cereal. [8][11] 2009.
Occupation (s) Airbnb CEO and co-founder. Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Chesky is the 355th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.8 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 67 million shares of Airbnb.
The origin story of renting out an air mattress in a bedroom was to provide cheap housing for event attendees. Airbnb is now targeting the top 1,000 events in the world as a growth opportunity.
Nor does Airbnb’s identify verification process necessarily uncover a user’s criminal history. Earlier this year, Airbnb guests in the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, were shocked to learn ...
Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American designer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of home rental company Airbnb.Gebbia is the 386th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.4 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 53 million shares of Airbnb.
Nathan Blecharczyk (born 1983) is the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Airbnb, and chairman of Airbnb China. [1] Blecharczyk was also the company's first chief technology officer. [2] Blecharczyk is the 203rd richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.4 billion, [3] mostly due to his ownership of 62 million ...
Booking.com is one of the largest online travel agencies. [1][2] It is headquartered in Amsterdam, and is a subsidiary of Booking Holdings. Its mobile app is the most downloaded mobile app in the travel agency category, however it has some of the worst ratings on the internet [citation needed] with Trust Pilot rating it 2.0 stars. [3]