Airbnb
Company Growth (employees)
Airbnb was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US
Key People/Management at Airbnb
Brian Chesky
Co-Founder & CEO
Joe Gebbia
Co-Founder & CPO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-Founder & CSO
Hong Ge
Vice President
Michael Curtis
VP Engineering
Joe Zadeh
VP Trips
Airbnb Office Locations
Airbnb has offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore and in 40 other locations
San Francisco, US (HQ)
888 Brannan Street
Airbnb Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2008 |
Total Funding | $4.4 b |
Latest funding size | $447.8 m |
Time since last funding | 8 months |
Investors | Altimeter Capital, China Broadband Capital, Airbnb, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Jeff Jordan, Keith Rabois, Groupe Arnault, FirstMark, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Jeff Bezos, Fidelity Investments, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Geodesic Capital, General Atlantic, Baillie Gifford, Brand Capital, General Catalyst, Tiger Global Management, Y Ventures, Greylock Partners, Ashton Kutcher, TPG Growth, Eniac Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Oliver Jung, Temasek Holdings, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DST Global, CapitalG, CrunchFund, Sherpa Capital, GGV Capital, T. Rowe Price, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Dragoneer Investment Group, Elad Gil, Alfred Lin, TCV, Hillhouse Capital Group, Horizons Ventures, SV Angel |
Airbnb's latest funding round in March 2017 was reported to be $447.8 m. In total, Airbnb has raised $4.4 b. Airbnb's latest valuation is reported to be $31 b.
Airbnb Financials
Airbnb's revenue was reported to be $1.5 b in 2016 which is a 67% increase from the previous period.
USD
Revenue (Y, 2016) | 1.5 b |
Revenue growth (Y, 2015 - Y, 2016), % | 67% |
Market valuation | 31 b |
| USD | Y, 2016 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 357.8 k |
Airbnb Operating Metrics
Airbnb's Rooms was reported to be 3 m in Jun, 2017. Airbnb's Users was reported to be 100 m in Jul, 2016
Airbnb Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Accoleo | ||
| Crashpadder | ||
| NabeWise | ||
| DailyBooth | ||
| Fondu | ||
| LocalMind | ||
| PencilLabs | ||
| Vamo | ||
| Lapka | ||
| ChangeCoin | ||
| Deco Software | ||
| Trooly | June 16, 2017 | |
| Tilt | February 23, 2017 | $12 m |
| Luxury Retreats | February 10, 2017 | $200 m |
Airbnb's employees are reported to be approximately 43% female and 57% male.
Airbnb Job Categories
Airbnb Median Salaries
Source: 300 public H-1B filings from Airbnb
Market Position of Airbnb
Traffic Overview of Airbnb
Airbnb Online and Social Media Presence
Airbnb News and Updates
October 23, 2017
For £36 a night, book-lovers can run a seaside bookshop in Scotland
In a tiny town on the southwest coast of Scotland, there’s one bookstore for every hundred people who live there. And in the already unusually…
October 23, 2017
From Goa to Greece, Airbnb wants the travel-mad Indian millennial to ditch the hotel room
From roping in Bollywood celebrities to partnerships with local state governments, Airbnb, the online marketplace for accommodation, is trying to get the Indian millennial hooked…
October 23, 2017
The Anxieties of a Muslim Traveler
"I am this guy. I fit every cliché; I am the abstract villain of your imagined anxieties. Traveling while Muslim."
-Rafat Ali
October 21, 2017
Airbnb Co-Founder Named Chairman of Airbnb China and 6 Other Hospitality Trends This Week
This week Airbnb had our attention, and its attention was on China as it chose a new chairman for the country. The homesharing giant also returned to affiliate partnerships and debuted new vacation rental tools.
-Sarah Enelow
October 20, 2017
7 Airbnbs for spectacular views of New England foliage
While New England is famous for summers on the Cape and winters at mountain ski resorts, trips to view the region’s autumn foliage might give those other treks a run for their money. Any location on the list below would make for an excellent leaf-peeping day trip, but if you’re looking for a weekend…
October 19, 2017
Millennials’ search for experiences over luxury is driving Airbnb’s growth in Africa
In the last five years, more than 2 million people have found holiday accommodation in Africa through Airbnb which now has over 100,000 listings on…