Joe Gebbia cofounded peer-to-peer room and home rental company Airbnb with Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk in 2008. Gebbia and Chesky met in college at Rhode Island School of Design. Before becoming chief product officer of Airbnb, Gebbia initially wanted to pursue fine art painting and host gallery shows in New York City. Recovering from the pandemic, Airbnb listed its shares on the Nasdaq exchange in December 2020; it had raised $2 billion in debt in April 2020. Gebbia is also the chairman Airbnb.org, an independent housing nonprofit funded by Airbnb, as well as the chairman of Samara, the company's experimental in-house design studio.
