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TIP503: The Story of Airbnb and Brian Chesky

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

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Y Comitator Founder Paul Graham

Airbnb was founded by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebia and Nathan Blechman in 2008. The company is now one of the most popular vacation rental sites on the internet. In 2009 they raised $585,000 from venture capital firm Sequoia which valued them at $2.4 million. Eight years later that investment would turn into roughly $4.5 billion or up to $7,700 times their money.

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