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Airbnb, Inc. ( / ˌɛərˌbiːɛnˈbiː / AIR-BEE-en-BEE) is an American company operating an online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays and experiences. The company acts as a broker and charges a commission from each booking. The company was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk, and Joe Gebbia.
CEO and co-founder, Airbnb. Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. As of January 2024, Chesky is the 232nd richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.4 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 76 million shares of Airbnb.
Launched. 1995; 29 years ago. ( 1995) (as Vacation Rentals by Owner) Current status. Active. Vrbo ( / ˈvɜːrboʊ / VER-boh [1]) is an online marketplace for vacation rentals. It was originally known as Vacation Rentals by Owner and VRBO. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is owned by Expedia Group .
Expedia Group, Inc. is an American travel technology company that owns and operates travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, including Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Ebookers, CheapTickets, CarRentals.com, Expedia Cruises, Wotif, and Trivago. [1] Over 3 million lodging facilities and flights on over ...
Joe Gebbia. Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American billionaire designer and a co-founder of Airbnb. Gebbia is the 286th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $8.5 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 53 million shares of Airbnb.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an American hotel company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. It describes itself as the largest hotel franchisor in the world, with 9,300 locations. [1] [4] It has a portfolio of 25 hotel brands, including Baymont, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, La Quinta, Ramada, Super 8, Travelodge, and Wyndham.
In the last 10 years, Airbnb has taken other efforts to try to get carbon monoxide detectors in its listings, including giving out a free carbon monoxide detector per Airbnb host upon request.
Airbnb receives $7.2 million in Series A funding from Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital, and announces that out of 700,000 nights booked, 80% had occurred in the past six months. 2011: February: Usage milestone: Airbnb announces its 1 millionth booking since the website launch in August 2008. 2011: March 16–17: Funding