Brian Chesky co-founded Airbnb in 2008 with Joe Gebbia and Nate Blecharczyk. Starting from a modest apartment rental idea in San Francisco, he grew the company into one of the most valuable startups in history. His leadership transformed the sharing economy and reshaped the travel industry.
8 Books Recommended by Brian Chesky
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High Output Management
13 people recommendedChesky, CEO of AirBnB, treats 'High Output Management' as his primary reference book on management.
Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Brian Armstrong, Drew Houston, John Doerr, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Tobi Lutke, Ben Horowitz, Justin Kan, Keith Rabois, Sahil Lavingia
Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Alexis Ohanian, Brene Brown, Jason Calacanis, Karlie Kloss, Saagar Enjeti, Tim Ferriss
Blitzscaling
8 people recommendedShares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Changpeng Zhao, Eric Schmidt, Sam Altman, Sheryl Sandberg, Vinod Khosla, Anthony Pompliano
I was living one life, kind of going down the predictable road, and I read this biography. That had a huge impact on me.
Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Dj Vlad
The Airbnb Story
3 people recommendedHas some fun facts from our early days.
Also recommended by: Reid Hoffman, Tony Hsieh
Googled
2 people recommendedBrian Chesky mentioned reading this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Keith Rabois
Your Keys, Our Home.
[The authors] sold their homes and have been living on Airbnb straight for 3 and a half years!
