Co-founders
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Joe Gebbia
Joe is a serial design-trepreneur, focused on projects that simplify life and have a positive impact on the environment. Joe divides his time between design and marketing for AirBed & Breakfast. Before AB&B, Joe launched his own patented consumer product in retail stores around the world. An alumni of the Rhode Island School of Design, Joe earned dual BFAs in the Industrial Design and Graphic Design departments. In his free time, Joe enjoys dodging traffic on a fixed gear Bianchi, and playing basketball in downtown San Francisco. |
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Brian Chesky
Brian is a designer and entrepreneur who likes to disrupt the marketplace with ideas that change the way people live. Brian's primary responsibility is driving the company vision and assembling a passionate team to realize that vision. Before AirBed & Breakfast, Brian ran an industrial design shop in Los Angeles, designing limited-edition products, as well as consulting for clients in the medical and consumer products sector. Brian holds a BFA in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). |
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Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan has been writing software and executing his ideas since the age of 12. Nathan is responsible for the site architecture and implementation of AB&B. Prior to AirBed & Breakfast, he worked at Microsoft, OPNET Technologies, and Batiq, while working on numerous projects and Facebook apps in his spare time. Nathan graduated from Harvard College, where he studied computer science. |
Advisory Board
Michael Seibel
Michael is the CEO and co-founder of www.justin.tv, a San Francisco based venture funded start up that delivers live video to the internet.
