Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’s still in founder mode—he personally handpicks staff, treats them as direct reports, and decides who stays

By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa Royle
August 26, 2025
Airbnb’s CEO studied Steve Jobs’s playbook to slash bureaucracy and build his $84 billion empire. Inside Brian Chesky’s 5-step hiring strategy to cut red tape
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Airbnb’s CEO studied Steve Jobs’s playbook to slash bureaucracy and build his $84 billion empire. Inside Brian Chesky’s 5-step hiring strategy to cut red tape

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July 18, 2025
Brian Chesky speaks into a microphone
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says his dad did him ‘a service’ by never complimenting him—it’s a lesson he’s kept while building the $82 billion giant

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June 4, 2025
Brian Chesky sits in a chair with a microphone.
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he went to ‘night school’ for an hour every day with Barack Obama and even turned in homework

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May 27, 2025
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
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Airbnb’s Brian Chesky says CEOs don’t have to be ‘miserable’—that’s why he got rid of emails and banned meetings before 10 a.m.

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May 15, 2025
Airbnb’s new app for ‘services’ is getting shot down by critics — here’s why CEO Brian Chesky should be thrilled
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Airbnb’s new app for ‘services’ is getting shot down by critics — here’s why CEO Brian Chesky should be thrilled

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May 15, 2025
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Multimillionaire ‘Sinners’ director was $200,000 deep in student debt and ‘making no money’ around the filming of ‘Creed’

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April 28, 2025
Will.i.am nods his hat standing behind a yellow SXSW background.
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Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am reveals his biggest investment mistake: turning down Airbnb founder Brian Chesky and losing out on millions

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March 13, 2025
The founder of activist short-seller Hindenburg Research, Nate Anderson.
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Founders keep saying they learned the same life lesson after extraordinary career success: ‘I had isolated myself’

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January 17, 2025
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Sam Altman says Airbnb’s CEO and a ‘legendary’ VC saved OpenAI and ‘stopped me from making several mistakes’ after he was briefly fired in 2023

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January 6, 2025
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Political persuasion will be a paramount leadership skill in the coming years

By Ruth Umoh and Natalie McCormick
December 2, 2024
Brian Chesky sits in a chair on stage with his legs crossed and holding his arms up.
Leadership

Airbnb CEO says one-on-one meetings are often a missed opportunity for collaborative learning

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November 14, 2024
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky during a conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Photo: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Why Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky doesn’t believe in employee autonomy: ‘If you want to be autonomous, start your own company’

By Ruth Umoh and Natalie McCormick
November 11, 2024
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Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King say their 48-year friendship fueled their career success

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October 22, 2024
Silicon Valley is obsessed with ‘founder mode.’ But women founders say they’re not allowed to operate that way
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Silicon Valley is obsessed with ‘founder mode.’ But women founders say they’re not allowed to operate that way

By Emma Hinchliffe and Nina Ajemian
September 5, 2024

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