Joe Gebbia

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. More than 300 million people have used Airbnb, which operates in 81,000 cities in over 190 countries.