business Overview
HQplaceSan Francisco Bay Area
BusinessVacation rental marketplace
Founded
access_time 15 years ago
(founded August 2008)
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
Employees
6,000
TrueUp
Rank
#205
Valuation
$70 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#43
all-time high: $141 B (-50%)
1 year ago: $77 B (-9%)
Public / PrivatePublic ($ABNB)
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Marketplaces
Real Estate
Same Pay Everywhere

Airbnb is a Vacation rental marketplace company with 79 job openings. It is currently valued at $70 billion as a public company. 6,000 people work at Airbnb. The company was founded in 2008.

Airbnb grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
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Airbnb logo
work_outline Job Openings
79open jobs
TrueUp
Rank
#360
local_atm Financials
Valuation
$70 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#43
52 wk high: $92 B (-24%)
1 year ago: $77 B (-9%)
Revenue
trailing 12 months
$8.0 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#82
Revenue growth
vs. same quarter
last year
28.9%
TrueUp
Rank
#160
MULTIPLES
Valuation / Revenue8.7x
Valuation per employee$11.7 million
TrueUp
Rank
#156
Revenue per employee$1.3 million
phonelink Products
Top products
- AirBnB
Other important products
- HotelTonight (acq in 2019 for $400M)
Primary customer type
emoji_people B2C
Is this really a tech company?
Mostly
remove Network effects
close Zero marginal costs to produce
check Product improves over time
close Zero cost to expand globally
check Self-serve onboarding + Zero cost of sales
emoji_people Culture
Glassdoor employee reviews
80%
would recommend Airbnb to a friend (2,226 reviews)
better than 59% of tech co's
81%
approve of the CEO Brian Chesky (379 reviews)
worse than 60% of tech co's
Company mission"Create a world where anyone can belong anywhere"
Company values
- Champion the mission
- Be a host
- Every frame matters
- Be a “cereal” entrepreneur
Companies founded by former employees
- Coinbase (founded 2012)
code Open Source
Open source citizenship
sentiment_very_satisfiedsentiment_very_satisfied Outstanding
TrueUp
Rank
#20
Top open source projects
52.0kapache / superset
33.9kairbnb / lottie-android
30.2kapache / airflow
28.4kairbnb / lottie-web
24.0kairbnb / lottie-ios
20.0kenzymejs / enzyme
rule Policies
% of open jobs that are remote
4%
home_work Remote work policy
Remote-first
Same pay everywhere?
(same work, same pay)
sentiment_very_satisfiedYes
public H1B sponsorships approved in 2022
12
TrueUp
Rank
#136
menu_book Popular books and movies
sentiment_dissatisfiednot available
history Other info
Associated billionaires
(source:Forbes)
$6.4B - Joe Gebbia
$6.5B - Nathan Blecharczyk
$7.4B - Brian Chesky
IPO dateDec 9, 2020
(2 years ago)
Top owners at IPO
16.6% - Sequoia Capital
15.4% - Brian Chesky
14.2% - Nathan Blecharczyk
14.2% - Joseph Gebbia
5.4% - Founders Fund
2.3% - DST Global
Founder ownership at IPO43.8%
Implied founder equity split
35% - Brian Chesky
32% - Nathan Blecharczyk
32% - Joseph Gebbia
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