82/100BAirbnb company profile
- CEO
- Brian Chesky
- Employees
- 8,200
- Headquarters
- 888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Travel Services
- IPO date
- 10 Dec 2020
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US0090661010
Website:airbnb.com
About the company
Airbnb, Inc., along with its affiliated entities, manages a global digital marketplace. This platform seamlessly connects individuals, known as hosts, who wish to offer a variety of accommodations and unique local experiences, with guests seeking such services worldwide. Users can easily book anything from private rooms and primary residences to vacation homes through its online and mobile channels. Originally established as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc. in 2007, the company officially rebranded to Airbnb, Inc. in November 2010. Its corporate headquarters are situated in San Francisco, California.
Employees
Airbnb had about 8,200 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 12.3% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Airbnb
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 60.9% of Airbnb's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,399 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
How Airbnb pays its executives
The chief executive was paid 242.12K USD for fiscal 2025, 0% of it in shares and options.
| Name and position | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Cash incentive | Other pay | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Financial Officer | 671.15K USD | 6.66M USD | 3.53M USD | 675.00K USD | 14.85K USD | 11.55M USD |
| Aristotle Balogh Former Chief Technology Officer | 671.15K USD | 6.66M USD | 3.53M USD | 675.00K USD | 14.06K USD | 11.55M USD |
| Nathan Blecharczyk Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer | 471.15K USD | 4.24M USD | 2.25M USD | 285.00K USD | 553.91K USD | 7.79M USD |
| Brian Chesky President and Chief Executive Officer | 1.00 USD | — | — | — | 242.12K USD | 242.12K USD |
FY2025 · From the company's proxy statements to the SEC: what each named executive was paid for the fiscal year, shares and options at their value when granted. The latest filing
Common questions about Airbnb
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