Co-founders
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Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan is a software developer, entrepreneur, and businessman. He has been responsible for all-things-technical at Airbnb. Previously he founded and successfully built both a consulting company and an online marketing company. He has worked in positions of leaderships at other start-ups as well as at large companies such as Microsoft and OPNET Technologies. Nathan graduated from Harvard College, where he studied computer science. |
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Brian Chesky
Brian is a designer and entrepreneur who likes to disrupt the marketplace with ideas that change the way people live. Brian's primary responsibility is driving the company vision and assembling a passionate team to realize that vision. Before Airbnb, Brian ran an industrial design shop in Los Angeles. Brian holds a BFA in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). |
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Joe Gebbia
Joe is a serial design-trepreneur, focused on projects that simplify life and have a positive impact on the environment. Joe divides his time between design, user experience, and marketing for Airbnb. An alumni of the Rhode Island School of Design, Joe earned dual BFAs in Graphic Design and Industrial Design while starting the school's basketball team and leading their student body as president. When he's not designing the next version of Airbnb, you can find him playing basketball in downtown San Francisco. |
Advisory Board
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Michael Seibel
Michael is the CEO and co-founder of www.justin.tv, a San Francisco based venture funded start up that delivers live video to the internet. |