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Awards & Recognition

★Time 100 Most Influential People (2015)

★Forbes America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 (2015)

★Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by Barack Obama (2015)

★Fortune World's Greatest Leaders (2017)

★Bay Area Executive of the Year by American City Business Journals (2018)

★100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality by International Hospitality Institute (2022)

★The Giving Pledge signatory

★Honorary doctorate from RISD (2017)

Notable Facts

→CEO and Co-founder of $79 billion company Airbnb with 7,300+ employees

→Net worth of $9.2 billion, ranked 290th richest person globally by Forbes

→Led Airbnb through 80% revenue loss during pandemic and successful $100B IPO in 2020

→Pioneered 'founder mode' management philosophy that went viral in Silicon Valley

→Has weekly mentorship calls with former President Barack Obama

→Donated $100 million to Obama Foundation scholarship program

→Speaking fee range $200,000+ for corporate events and conferences

→Active on Twitter with 821K followers, LinkedIn with 230K followers

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