Brian Chesky — Founder & CEO, Airbnb

**Brian Chesky** is the co-founder and CEO of **Airbnb**, the world's largest accommodation marketplace with over 7 million active listings across 220+ countries. He co-founded the company in 2008 with Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk, famously starting by renting air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment to conference attendees who couldn't find hotel rooms. Airbnb went public in December 2020 in one of the most successful IPOs of the year, and the company achieved a market cap exceeding $100 billion.