The Endless Ambition of Brian Chesky

Building the $95+ Billion Airbnb Behemoth

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Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky, Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, created a world-changing company that as of this writing is valued at more than $95 billion.

But it’s been quite the journey to get to this point, overcoming problem after problem after problem.

And yet, Airbnb, along with Uber, which I wrote about two weeks ago, became one of the defining companies of a generation.

The story of how Brian and his co-founders built it?

It’s one for the ages.

Let’s get to it.

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