Gebbia also serves on RISD’s Board of Trustees.Įconomic Times reports Chesky’s old yearbook photo is accompanied by a quote from comedian Jerry Seinfeld: “I’m sure I’ll amount to nothing.“ Today, Airbnb is worth $30 billion.Airbnb’s co-founder Brian Chesky has opened up his San Francisco home allowing guests to stay in a private room boasting “panoramic views” – but the only problem is, there’s no available dates. Now, Gebbia is chief product officer of Airbnb, serves on the board of directors and executive staff and leads Samara, Airbnb’s in-house design and innovation studio.
“Three designers stayed with us that weekend… and with that, Airbnb was born.” “And that’s when we called it the Airbed and Breakfast,” described Chesky. Now, the company books lodging and experiences in more than 65,000 cities and 191 countries.Īt commencement, Chesky shared the story of how Gebbia came up with the idea of renting out three air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment to attendees of IDSA’s International Design Conference 2007, to raise money for Chesky’s half of the rent. He graduated from RISD in 2004 with a BID Gabbia earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial design/graphic design from RISD in 2005.Ĭhesky is the co-founder, CEO and head of community at Airbnb, which he started with Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk in 2008.
On June 3, 2017, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia received their doctor of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design Industrial Design Department Chair Charlie Cannon, a speaker at IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference 2017.Ĭhesky delivered the commencement address to 488 undergraduate and 238 graduate students. The founders of a multi-billion-dollar company with its roots at an IDSA International Design Conference, have been awarded honorary doctorates by their alma mater.
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