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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.
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 ...
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.
Sumner County is a county located on the central northern border of Tennessee in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 196,281. [2] Its county seat is Gallatin, and its most populous city is Hendersonville. [3] The county is named after an American Revolutionary War hero, General Jethro Sumner.
Airbnb continued to make news for its proactive removals, which went beyond other home-sharing services: In 2019, it removed users planning to attend a white nationalist conference in Tennessee ...
David Oliver Sacks (born May 25, 1972) [1] is a South African-American [2] entrepreneur, author, and investor in internet technology firms. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017. Additionally, he is a co-host of the All In podcast, alongside Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David ...