The Latest Breaking News from Brian Chesky

Everything you can now book on Airbnb: From massages to private chefs

You can now book a massage, photo shoot or even a professionally made meal on Airbnb

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Airbnb Launches New Era of Travel with Help from Hollywood and Global A-Listers

Airbnb launched a new era. It started in a San Francisco apartment with an air mattress and now aims to be a hub for everything travel, including staycations, experiences, and services.

Latin Times · May 14, 2025

Massages, Chefs And Trainers: Airbnb Adds In-home Services

Airbnb on Tuesday began letting users book in-home massages, chefs and personal trainers in an overhauled app as it continued to expand beyond being just a platform for short-term lodging.

International Business Times · May 13, 2025

Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am reveals his biggest investment mistake: turning down Airbnb founder Brian Chesky and losing out on millions

Will.i.am was nearly an early investor in Airbnb. Had he not passed on CEO Brian Chesky's offer, the rapper would have made millions.

Fortune · Mar 13, 2025

AI's big selling point of boosting worker productivity is so far a phantom

It looks like a return to Solow's Paradox as CEO views of AI's advantage diverge.

Fortune · Feb 25, 2025

Airbnb’s 43-year-old CEO rejects fellow tech titans’ lack of sleep

Brian Chesky has a hack for managing the hectic day-to-day of a $100 billion Fortune 500 brand.

Fortune · Feb 17, 2025

Founders keep saying they learned the same life lesson after extraordinary career success: 'I had isolated myself'

It’s lonely at the top—especially when it feels like your own fault.

Fortune · Jan 17, 2025

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

Immediately following his brief firing from OpenAI, Altman considered starting another AI company, something Chesky and Conway helped talk him out of.

Fortune · Jan 6, 2025

Why Airbnb’s CEO believes spotlighting top performers is good leadership

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky argues that employee favoritism when done through a fair and equitable process allows leaders to spotlight top performers and use them as role models for other workers.

Fortune · Nov 18, 2024

Why Airbnb's CEO believes one-on-one meetings are 'flawed'

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky finds the most productive meetings are smaller groups where everyone participates.

Fortune · Nov 14, 2024