Brian Chesky
$9.1B
Born
Aug 29, 1981
Age
44
Source of Wealth
Airbnb
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Single
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Rhode Island School of Design
- Brian Chesky cofounded peer-to-peer room and home rental company Airbnb with Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia in 2008; Chesky is CEO.
- Chesky owns nearly 14% of Airbnb.
- In 2022, Chesky announced he would start living on Airbnb full time, moving to a different city or town every few weeks.
- A former bodybuilder, Chesky attended Rhode Island School of Design where he met Gebbia.
- Chesky is the son of two social workers; he made $40,000 a year as an industrial designer in Los Angeles before Airbnb took off.
- Broke and faced with rising rents, Gebbia and Chesky initially bought an air bed for their apartment and rented it out.
- The founders, who went to the Democratic Convention in 2008 to promote Airbnb, also sold $40-a-box Obama & McCain-themed breakfast cereal to pay off debt.
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