Joe Gebbia

喬?吉比亞

年齡：33

公司：Airbnb

個人凈資產(chǎn)估值：30億美元

Airbnb的首席產(chǎn)品官喬?吉比亞總是西裝革履，一派紳士形象。他和另一位Airbnb的創(chuàng)始人布萊恩?切斯基是全球頂尖設(shè)計院校羅德島設(shè)計學(xué)院的同班同學(xué)。在參與成立Airbnb以前，他還開過三家公司。除了熱衷創(chuàng)業(yè)，他還是一位活躍的發(fā)明家，曾設(shè)計出形狀特別適合人體坐姿的便攜式CritBuns坐墊，并取得了專利權(quán)。他還合資建過兩家專攻平面設(shè)計的網(wǎng)站，不過它們現(xiàn)在都已經(jīng)關(guān)張。

吉比亞今年幫助Airbnb進一步開拓了商旅業(yè)務(wù)，首次涉足古巴與非洲市場。對他個人而言，他一直醉心于上世紀中期的現(xiàn)代建筑，他曾表示，自己的“終極夢想”就是要在加州太平洋帕利薩德市的二戰(zhàn)后建筑代表作品——“埃姆斯住宅”里住上一晚。很難說他這個夢想能否成真，畢竟前提是那里能接受住宿預(yù)定。

Joe Gebbia

Age: 33

Company: Airbnb

Estimated net worth: $3 billion

Joe Gebbia, Airbnb’s bowtie-wearing co-founder and chief product officer, founded three businesses before launching Airbnb with his former Rhode Island School of Design classmate Brian Chesky. An avid inventor, he designed and patented a buttox-shaped portable seat cushion called CritBuns. He also founded two now-defunct graphic design-focused web ventures.

The avid mid-century modern architecture fan helped drive Airbnb deeper into the business travel market this year, expanding to new markets in Cuba and Africa. He says his “ultimate dream” is to book at night at the Eames Case Study House No. 8 in Pacific Palisades, Calif. We have a sinking suspicion he could afford to, that is if it were an option.