Airbnb's CEO is Brian Chesky, appointed in Jan 2008, has a tenure of 18.5 years. total yearly compensation is $242.12K, comprised of 0% salary and 100% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 10.76% of the company’s shares, worth $9.38B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 7.8 years respectively.
Key information
Brian Chesky
Chief executive officer
US$242.1k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
0.00041%
CEO tenure
18.5yrs
CEO ownership
10.8%
Management average tenure
2.3yrs
Board average tenure
7.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Brian Chesky's remuneration changed compared to Airbnb's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Dec 31 2025
US$242k
US$1
US$3b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Dec 31 2024
US$186k
US$1
US$3b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Dec 31 2023
US$295k
US$1
US$5b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2022
US$311k
US$1
US$2b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$801m
Dec 31 2021
US$132k
US$1
-US$352m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$4b
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$5b
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$5b
Dec 31 2020
US$120m
US$55k
-US$5b
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$1b
Dec 31 2019
US$421k
US$110k
-US$674m
Compensation vs Market: Brian's total compensation ($USD242.12K) is below average for companies of similar size in the AR market ($USD5.88M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Brian's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Brian Chesky (44 yo)
18.5yrs
Tenure
US$242,122
Compensation
Mr. Brian Chesky Co-Founded Airbnb, Inc. in 2008 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Chesky ran an industrial design shop. Mr. Chesky is a Director of Airbnb, Inc. Mr....
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Brian Chesky
Co-Founder
18.5yrs
US$242.12k
10.76% $ 9.4b
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-Founder
18.5yrs
US$7.79m
10.26% $ 8.9b
Joseph Gebbia
Co-Founder & Director
18.5yrs
US$362.45k
5.68% $ 5.0b
Elinor Mertz
Chief Financial Officer
2.3yrs
US$11.55m
0.075% $ 65.4m
Gus Fuldner
Head of Global Operations
less than a year
no data
no data
David Bernstein
Chief Accounting Officer
no data
no data
0.0083% $ 7.3m
Ahmad Al-Dahle
Chief Technology Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Angela Yang
Director of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Ronald Klain
Chief Legal Officer
no data
no data
no data
Jay Carney
Global Head of Policy & Communications
4.5yrs
no data
no data
Rebecca Van Dyck
Chief Marketing Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
David Stephenson
Chief Business Officer & Head of Employee Experience
2.3yrs
US$18.74m
0% $ 0
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
49yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ABNBD's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Brian Chesky
Co-Founder
no data
US$242.12k
10.76% $ 9.4b
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-Founder
no data
US$7.79m
10.26% $ 8.9b
Joseph Gebbia
Co-Founder & Director
no data
US$362.45k
5.68% $ 5.0b
Junrui Lin
Independent Director
13.7yrs
US$405.00k
0.089% $ 77.7m
Kenneth Chenault
Independent Lead Director
8.5yrs
US$414.95k
0.0064% $ 5.5m
Jeffrey Jordan
Independent Director
14.9yrs
US$397.45k
0.022% $ 19.1m
Angela Ahrendts
Independent Director
7.2yrs
US$399.95k
0.0047% $ 4.1m
James Manyika
Independent Director
2.8yrs
US$387.45k
0.0013% $ 1.1m
Amrita Ahuja
Independent Director
4.6yrs
US$367.49k
0.0023% $ 2.0m
7.8yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ABNBD's board of directors are considered experienced (7.8 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/10 01:31
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/08 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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