Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.

Chesky is the 290th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.2 billion, largely due to his 10 percent ownership stake in Airbnb.

In an interview with The New York Times, he said he watched friends of his parents redesign their backyard, which led to an interest in landscape architecture and later urban planning.

[5] Chesky did not have enough money to pay his rent, and they opened their house to short-term renters as a bed and breakfast, providing air mattresses for guests to sleep on and Pop-Tarts for breakfast during the Industrial Designers Society of America conference, when hotel rooms were scarce.

[33] In 2018, Chesky was named the Bay Area Executive of the Year by American City Business Journals.

[35] American computer scientist Paul Graham praised Chesky's management style, describing it as founder mode.

[38] Chesky donated $10 million to nonprofit organizations supporting frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

[40] In May 2022, Chesky pledged $100 million over 5 years to the Obama Foundation to launch a scholarship program for students pursuing careers in public service.