Airbnb
Online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays, experiences, and travel services.
Founders
People
| Person | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Chesky | Co-Founder & CEO | 2008-present |
| Chip Conley | Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy | 2013-~2017 |
| Gustaf Alstromer | Product Lead, Growth | 2012-2017 |
| Hamel Husain | Data Scientist | 2016-2017 |
| Ian McAllister | Director of Product Management | 2015-2017 |
| Jason Shah | Product Lead | ~2019-2021 |
| Jiaona Zhang | Head of Product, Homes Platform | 2015-2019 |
| Judd Antin | Head of Design Studio / Director of Research | 2015-2022 |
| Karri Saarinen | Principal Designer | ~2015-~2019 |
| Katie Dill | Head of Experience Design | ~2014-~2017 |
| Laura Modi | Director of Hospitality | ~2014-~2018 |
| Nickey Skarstad | Product Lead, Experiences | ~2018-2020 |
| Ronny Kohavi | VP & Technical Fellow | 2019-2021 |
| Sanchan Saxena | Head of Product & GM | ~2018-2021 |
Podcast Guests
Related Episodes (13)
Chip Conley
Brian Chesky's secret mentor who died 9 times, started the Burning Man board, and built the world's first midlife wisdom school | Chip Conley (founder of MEA)
Judd Antin
The UX research reckoning is here | Judd Antin (Airbnb, Meta)
Ramesh Johari
Marketplace lessons from Uber, Airbnb, Bumble, and more | Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor, startup advisor)
Katie Dill
Building beautiful products with Stripe’s Head of Design | Katie Dill (Stripe, Airbnb, Lyft)
Karri Saarinen
Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO)
Ronny Kohavi
The ultimate guide to A/B testing | Ronny Kohavi (Airbnb, Microsoft, Amazon)
Jiaona Zhang
Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork and Airbnb, and thriving as a PM | Jiaona Zhang (Webflow, WeWork, Airbnb, Dropbox)
Laura Modi
How to build a cult-like brand | Laura Modi (Bobbie)
Gustaf Alstromer
Gustaf Alstromer
Ian McAllister
What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)
Jason Shah
Building a meaningful career | Jason Shah (Airbnb, Amazon, Microsoft, Alchemy)
Nickey Skarstad
Nickey Skarstad (Airbnb, Etsy, Shopify, Duolingo) on translating vision into goals, operationalizing product quality, second-order decisions, brainstorming, influence, and much more
Sanchan Saxena
Sanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more