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Airbnb, Inc. (/ ˌ ɛər ˌ b iː ɛ n ˈ b iː / AIR-BEE-en-BEE) is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays and experiences in various countries and regions. It acts as a broker and charges a commission from each booking. Airbnb was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk, and Joe ...
Airbnb receives $7.2 million in Series A funding from Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital, and announces that out of 700,000 nights booked, 80% had occurred in the past six months. [16] 2011: February: Usage milestone: Airbnb announces its 1 millionth booking since the website launch in August 2008. [17] [18] 2011: March 16–17: Funding
Occupation (s) Airbnb CEO and co-founder. Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Chesky is the 355th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.8 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 67 million shares of Airbnb.
Contents. Joe Gebbia. Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American designer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of home rental company Airbnb. Gebbia is the 386th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.4 billion, [ 1 ] mostly due to his ownership of 53 million shares of Airbnb. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In 2022, Gebbia ...
Nathan Blecharczyk (born 1983) is the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Airbnb, and chairman of Airbnb China. [1] Blecharczyk was also the company's first chief technology officer. [2] Blecharczyk is the 203rd richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.4 billion, [3] mostly due to his ownership of 62 million ...
1995 ; 29 years ago(1995) (as Vacation Rentals by Owner) Current status. Active. Vrbo (ˈvɜːrboʊVER-boh[ 1 ]) is an online marketplace for vacation rentals. It was originally known as Vacation Rentals by Owner and VRBO. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is owned by Expedia Group.
Booking.com is one of the largest online travel agencies. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is headquartered in Amsterdam, and is a subsidiary of Booking Holdings. Booking.com provides lodging reservation services for approximately 3.4 million properties, including 475,000 hotels, motels, and resorts and 2.9 million homes, apartments in over 220 countries and ...
HomeAway was a vacation rental marketplace. It operated through 50 websites in 23 languages through which it offered rentals of cabins, condos, castles, villas, barns, and farmhouses. Founded in February 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, [ 3 ] the company became a publicly traded company in 2011. [ 4 ]