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'{{short description|American businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Joe Gebbia | image = 113017-Airbnb London Press Tour-Joe Gebbia-0555.jpg | image_size = | caption = Joe Gebbia in 2017 | birth_name = Joseph Gebbia Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|21}} | birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | residence = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S. | nationality = American | other_names = Joseph Gebbia | occupation = Designer, entrepreneur | known_for = Co-founder of [[Airbnb]] | salary = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | children = | education = [[Rhode Island School of Design]] | networth = US$4.2 billion (November 2019)<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Gebbia|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joe-gebbia/#4442f3e7972f|website=Forbes |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref> | title = [[Chief Product Officer|CPO]], Airbnb | spouse = | parents = Eileen and Joe Gebbia | relatives = Kimberly Gebbia (sister) }} '''Joseph Gebbia Jr.''' (born August 21, 1981) is an American [[billionaire]] designer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and chief product officer (CPO) of [[Airbnb]]. In 2009, Gebbia was listed in BusinessWeek's Top 20 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009: AirBnB - BusinessWeek|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/ss/09/04/0421_best_young_entrepreneurs/9.htm|website = Businessweek.com|access-date = 2016-02-11}}</ref> In 2010, he was named in Inc. Magazine's Thirty under Thirty, and 2013, he was named in Fortune Magazine's Forty-under-Forty.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Founders of AirBnB|url = http://www.inc.com/30under30/2010/profile-brian-chesky-joe-gebbia-nathan-blecharczyk-airbnb.html|website = Inc.com|date = 2010-07-19|access-date = 2016-02-11}}</ref> ==Early life== Joe Gebbia was born August 21, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia,<ref name="forbesmarch2">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/03/02/forbes-29th-annual-worlds-billionaires-issue/|title=Forbes' 29th Annual World's Billionaires Issue|author=Forbes Corporate Communications|date=2 March 2015|work=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/brian-chesky-and-joe-gebbia.html|title=Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia|last=|first=|date=2014-10-06|website=CNBC|access-date=2016-05-07}}</ref> the son of Eileen and Joe Gebbia.<ref name=AboutJoe>[http://joegebbiaworks.com/about-joe/ Joe Gebbia - Brookhaven City Councilman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217140952/http://joegebbiaworks.com/about-joe/ |date=2017-02-17 }} retrieved May 8, 2016</ref> He has one sister, Kimberly.<ref name=AboutJoe /> He attended Brookwood High School in Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He graduated in 2005 from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD) in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and Industrial Design.<ref name="airbnbfounders">{{cite web|url=https://www.airbnb.co.uk/about/founders|title=Founders - Airbnb|work=airbnb.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Gebbia_Thinks_Big/|title=Gebbia Thinks Big|website=RISD|access-date=2016-05-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130040103/https://www.airbnb.co.uk/about/founders|archivedate=2017-01-30}}</ref> It was at RISD that he met [[Brian Chesky]], who would later become his roommate and co-founder of Airbnb. While studying in the Northeast, Gebbia complemented his creative pursuits and studies at RISD with business coursework at [[Brown University]] and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]](MIT).<ref>{{Cite web|title = RISD|url = http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Gebbia_Thinks_Big/|website = www.risd.edu|access-date = 2016-02-11|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170130040103/https://www.airbnb.co.uk/about/founders|archivedate = 2017-01-30}}</ref> ==Career== After graduating from RISD, he overstayed at a friend's place in San Francisco for many months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Gebbia_Thinks_Big/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130040103/https://www.airbnb.co.uk/about/founders |archivedate=2017-01-30 }}</ref> Gebbia got a job at [[Chronicle Books]] in San Francisco,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Joe Gebbia|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/person/joe-gebbia|website = Fast Company|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US}}</ref> while Chesky moved to Los Angeles. Gebbia convinced his friend [[Brian Chesky]] to move to San Francisco in 2007 to start a business together. When they both quit their jobs, their landlord raised their rent and so they were in need of money.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Starred: The Email That Launched Airbnb|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/1792024/starred-email-launched-airbnb|website = Fast Company|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US}}</ref> Knowing the Industrial Design Society of America conference was coming to San Francisco and many hotels were booked,<ref>{{Cite web|title = AirBed & Breakfast for Connecting '07|url = http://www.core77.com/posts/7715/airbed-breakfast-for-connecting-07-7715|website = Core77|access-date = 2016-02-11}}</ref> Gebbia believed they could rent out airbeds in their apartment to conference goers. They marketed this idea by creating a website called "AirBed & Breakfast."<ref name=":0" /> This was the foundation of Airbnb. Another of Gebbia's roommates, Harvard graduate and technical architect [[Nathan Blecharczyk]], became the third co-founder in February 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009: AirBnB - BusinessWeek|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/ss/09/04/0421_best_young_entrepreneurs/9.htm|website = Businessweek.com|access-date = 2016-02-11}}</ref> After failing to get the funding for the new company, the team designed cereal boxes, "Obama O's" and "Cap'n McCains," based on the 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and sold them at the conventions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 19_Airbnb|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/3017358/most-innovative-companies-2012/19airbnb|website = Fast Company|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US}}</ref> When Gebbia shared their work with Paul Graham, founder of [[Y Combinator]], he was impressed with the tenacity involved in the endeavor, admitting them to the program as a result. He gave them their first round of seed funding in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Brian Chesky: The homeless entrepreneur|url = http://mg.co.za/article/2013-03-12-brian-chesky-the-homeless-entrepreneur|website = The M&G Online|access-date = 2016-02-11|first = Alistair|last = Fairweather}}</ref> In May 2017, Gebbia launched a modular office furniture business called Neighborhood. The furniture was created for [[Bernhardt Design]], a furniture company that has worked with emerging designers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcodesign.com/90126283/this-airbnb-co-founders-next-project-furniture-design|title=Airbnb Cofounder Joe Gebbia's Next Project? Furniture Design|date=2017-05-22|work=Co.Design|access-date=2017-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref> He currently holds board and advisor roles as Member of the Board of Directors at [[Airbnb]] <ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolverton|first=Troy|title=Airbnb is facing an unprecedented threat from the coronavirus. Here are the veteran execs on Airbnb's board of directors who will be critical to CEO Brian Chesky's success or failure.|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/org-chart-airbnb-board-of-directors-expertise-in-crisis-2020-4|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Business Insider}}</ref>, Member of the Board of Trustees at [[Rhode Island School of Design]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} About {{!}} RISD|url=https://www.risd.edu/about/leadership/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=www.risd.edu|language=en}}</ref>, and Investor at Nebia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chin|first=Tyler|date=2020-01-22|title=What If Apple Made a Shower Head? It’d Probably Look Like This|url=http://gearpatrol.com/home/a679917/nebia-by-moen-shower-head/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Gear Patrol|language=en-US}}</ref> Gebbia ranks 437 on Forbes’ 2020 billionaires list with a net worth of $4.1 billion dollars. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes Billionaires 2020|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Forbes}}</ref> ==Philanthropy== Gebbia serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/About/History_Mission_Governance/Leadership/|title=Board of Trustees - Leadership - About - RISD|work=risd.edu}}</ref> In 2014, he donated US$300,000 to RISD to establish a US$50,000 term scholarship and an endowed fund.<ref name="risdscholarships">{{cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2014/gebbia-gift/|title=Airbnb Cofounder Supports RISD Scholarships - News - About - RISD|work=risd.edu}}</ref> On June 1, 2016, Gebbia joined [[Warren Buffett]] and [[Bill Gates]]' '[[The Giving Pledge]]', a select group of billionaires who have committed to give the majority of their wealth away.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://fortune.com/2016/06/01/airbnb-cofounders-join-buffett-and-gates-giving-pledge/|title=Airbnb Cofounders Join Buffett and Gates' 'Giving Pledge'|date=June 1, 2016|magazine=Fortune|accessdate=October 10, 2016}}</ref> ==Personal life== He resides in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref name="risdscholarships"/> ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * [https://www.npr.org/2017/10/19/543035808/airbnb-joe-gebbia How I Built This - Airbnb: Joe Gebbia] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gebbia, Joe}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Atlanta]] [[Category:People from San Francisco]] [[Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni]] [[Category:21st-century American businesspeople]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:American people of Italian descent]] [[Category:Real estate company founders]] [[Category:Giving Pledgers]] [[Category:21st-century philanthropists]] [[Category:Y Combinator people]]'