Last Updated: 28 Mar, 2024 | Views: 377
Age: 43
Profession: Business Men
Other Profession(s): Internet Entrepreneur, Designer
Famous For: Co-Founder Of Airbnb
Higher Education: Rhode Island School of Design
Net Worth: $9 Billion
About (Profile/Biography):
Joe Gebbia was born August 21, 1981, in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Gebbia is the son of Eileen and Joe Gebbia of Italian ancestors. Joe Gebbia grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia and has one sister, Kimberly. Joe Gebbia pursued sports, music, and art throughout childhood, and worked several jobs including as a ball boy for the Atlanta Hawks. Joe Gebbia is known as American billionaire designer and Internet entrepreneur.
Joe Gebbia Career:
Joe Gebbia Work as a Designer for Chronicle Books:
• After graduating from RISD, Joe Gebbia moved to San Francisco to work as a designer for Chronicle Books.
• In 2007, Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky, moved in with him, and both quit their jobs to start a company together.
Joe Gebbia Passion for Aesthetic and Design:
• Joe Gebbia has had a longstanding passion for aesthetic and design. He credits his childhood and parents for supporting his well-rounded childhood pursuing art, athletics, and music.
• Joe Gebbia was known as the “art guy” in grade school when he started his first business selling illustrations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to his classmates.
Joe Gebbia Work For Refugee Relief and Housing Support:
• Joe Gebbia has an interest in philanthropy, particularly refugee relief and housing support.
• In 2020, Joe Gebbia and his team launched Airbnb.org, a non-profit that enables hosts on Airbnb to house people in times of crisis.
Joe Gebbia Offer Professional Photography Services:
• His design focus also led to a surge in bookings after Joe Gebbia offered free professional photography services from a community of over 2,000 freelancers.
• In 2017, Joe Gebbia also launched his own collection of modular office furniture, called Neighborhood, at the ICFF furniture fair as a part of New York City’s design week.
Joe Gebbia Documentary Work:
• In 2020, Joe Gebbia served as executive producer on the documentary film Universe, which follows jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, a protégé of Miles Davis.
• Joe Gebbiaconvenes an orchestra to perform a rediscovered orchestral jazz suite by Wayne Shorter—written in 1966 for Miles Davis but never before performed.
Joe Gebbia Awards
• 2009: Top 20 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs
• 2010: Thirty under Thirty
• 2013: 40 Under 40
• 2021: America's 50 Biggest Charity Donors
Joe Gebbia Unknown Facts:
• Investor in female-founded venture capital fund: Joe Gebbia is an investor in female-founded venture capital fund, The Helm.
• Mr. Porter Style Council member: Joe Gebbia is a Mr. Porter Style Council member. Joe Gebbia has spoken about his passions for entrepreneurship and impact at the Clinton Global Initiative.
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