Gebbia

"You can't take the day too seriously if you're in a meeting with somebody wearing a fake mustache," says Mr. Gebbia, who often participates in the company's Mustache Monday.

The Perk Bubble Is Growing as Tech Booms Again Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

Working at Airbnb "is like a really fun school where you get paid," says Joe Gebbia , the 29-year-old co-founder of the company, whose offices have a two-story indoor tree house and a section of a retired Pan Am plane.

The Perk Bubble Is Growing as Tech Booms Again Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

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"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

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Airbnb's founders Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were focused on the $25-billion-a-year U.S. vacation rental market .

Forbes.com: News Nicole Perlroth 2011

"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

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"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

unknown title 2011

"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

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"This investment will help us respond to increasing international demand by accelerating hiring, and the opening of offices around the world, in order to support our growing community on more local levels," Airbnb co-founder and CPO Joe Gebbia said.

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It started off in 2007 as a way for Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia to make a little extra cash renting out some spare floor space to conference-goers.

Forbes.com: News Tomio Geron 2011