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  • Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says not having favourite employees at work is 'just not good leadership'

    The Airbnb boss said he has 'so many' favourite employees whom he he texts regularly. He is also known to gather his top 100 employees annually for a secretive three-day meeting to strategise the future of the company.

  • Sam Altman says Airbnb CEO helped OpenAI grow: Brian Chesky was 'almost always right'

    Sam Altman says Airbnb CEO helped OpenAI grow: Brian Chesky was 'almost always right'

    Sam Altman said 'a lot of people' had come forward to help him once ChatGPT gained popularity in late 2022, but nobody really pitched in except Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky.

  • Feeling lonely at work? Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has a 'brilliant' solution: 'It worked so well'

    Feeling lonely at work? Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has a 'brilliant' solution: 'It worked so well'

    CEO Brian Chesky shared that what had started off as a productivity strategy at Airbnb turned into something more in time. He said, 'Sometimes it’s just hard for one person to be a unicorn, to be able to do everything, but if you could create...

  • Don’t think of your workplace as a family: Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky

    Don’t think of your workplace as a family: Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky

    'And then we did have to fire people, or they’d have to leave the company, and you don’t fire members of your family,' Brian Chesky said recollecting at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020 when Airbnb announced a layoff.

  • AI will fuel entrepreneurship and generate more jobs: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

    AI will fuel entrepreneurship and generate more jobs: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

    Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is optimistic about AI, believing it will create new job opportunities, particularly in entrepreneurship.

  • India is an exciting new market; population, smartphone penetration, GDP growth important to our business: Airbnb CEO and cofounder

    India is an exciting new market; population, smartphone penetration, GDP growth important to our business: Airbnb CEO and cofounder

    Pointing out the advantage of being the most populous country in the world, Chesky said that India will soon have one of the biggest middle classes in the world, hence, he believes it will be one of the biggest growth markets, if not the biggest, in this decade.

  • America’s most eligible billionaires and their net worth

    America’s most eligible billionaires and their net worth

    Elon Musk, Brian Chesky and Kim Kardashian were listed among America's most eligible billionaires. A look at the full list, as released by Forbes, below.

  • Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky isn’t worried about a sluggish economy hurting travel

    Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky isn’t worried about a sluggish economy hurting travel

    “We’re not too concerned right now about the macro environment,” Chesky said in a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg Television. “Whatever happens to the economy, people I think are still going to want to live on Airbnb and still want to travel.”

  • As Airbnb co-founder steps down, Elon Musk responds to '14 wild years' tweet

    As Airbnb co-founder steps down, Elon Musk responds to '14 wild years' tweet

    Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia’s post announcing his decision to step back from his full-time role at the company received a congratulatory message in response from Elon Musk.

  • Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky explains a better version of hybrid work

    Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky explains a better version of hybrid work

    Brian Chesky said it is people over 50 who prefer the work-from-office model. "The older you are, the more inclined you are to be uncomfortable with the idea of flexibility and digitization," he told Inc magazine in an interview.

  • Airbnb employees can now work out of anywhere and their salaries won't be affected

    Airbnb employees can now work out of anywhere and their salaries won't be affected

    Airbnb employees can now live anywhere in the country and their compensation will not be affected, CEO Brian Chesky announced.

  • Why Airbnb CEO is moving full-time to properties listed by his company

    Why Airbnb CEO is moving full-time to properties listed by his company

    COVID-19: Brian Chesky, the CEO of vacation rental company Airbnb, said that since work is still remote, many people are likely to spend time in different cities and become “digital nomads”.

  • Airbnb announces Economic Empowerment Award; founder Brian Chesky to fund, mentor startup

    Airbnb announces Economic Empowerment Award; founder Brian Chesky to fund, mentor startup

    The Ron Conway/SV Angel Economic Empowerment Award winner will receive funding from Airbnb.

  • The Brian Chesky playbook for success

    The Brian Chesky playbook for success

    Airbnb’s spectacular IPO has made its CEO and the company wealthier than before. Here are some tips for success Chesky has shared in the past.

  • Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky: "My world’s gotten really small”

    Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky: "My world’s gotten really small”

    The Associated Press spoke with Chesky about Airbnb and the future of travel. Answers have been edited for length.

  • India will become one of the largest travel markets in the world: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

    India will become one of the largest travel markets in the world: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

    Chesky feels that Airbnb has also become a source of financial independence for many women in India

  • Zuckerberg world's richest individual under 35: Wealth-X

    Zuckerberg world's richest individual under 35: Wealth-X

    Zuckerberg is joined on the list by fellow Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, who claimed the second place on the list with an estimated net worth of USD 9.3 billion and Eduardo Saverin who was ranked fourth with an estimated net of USD 5.3 billion. The top-20 list features only six women.

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