Class II Directors
Joseph Gebbia. Mr. Gebbia co-founded our company in 2008 and serves as our Chairman of Samara and Airbnb.org.
He is also a member of our board of directors. He leads Samara, our in-house design and innovation studio. Mr. Gebbia received dual degrees in Graphic Design and Industrial Design from the Rhode Island
School of Design, where he currently serves on the institutions Board of Trustees. We believe that Mr. Gebbia is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our co-founder and Chairman of Samara and Airbnb.org.
Jeffrey Jordan. Mr. Jordan joined our board of directors in August
2011. Mr. Jordan serves as the managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, which he joined as a general partner in July 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Jordan served as the Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable, Inc., the
online restaurant-reservation service company, from 2007 to 2011. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Jordan served as President of PayPal, Inc., a digital payments company, which was then owned by eBay, Inc. For five years prior to that, Mr. Jordan
served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for eBay North America. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Jordan served as Chief Financial Officer for Hollywood Entertainment Corporation, a video rental company, and then President of its subsidiary,
Reel.com. Previously, Mr. Jordan served in various capacities at The Walt Disney Company for eight years, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Disney Store Worldwide. Before that he worked for The Boston
Consulting Group. Mr. Jordan served as a member of the boards of directors of OpenTable, Inc. from 2007 until 2013, Pinterest, Inc. since 2011, and Accolade, Inc. since 2016. He is a member of the board of directors for several private
companies including Maplebear Inc. (d/b/a Instacart) and OfferUp, Inc. Mr. Jordan received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe that
Mr. Jordan is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his significant managerial experience at global technology companies.
Ann
Mather. Ms. Mather joined our board of directors in August 2018. From September 1999 to April 2004, Ms. Mather served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pixar, Inc., a computer animation studio, which
was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in May 2006. Ms. Mather has served on the board of directors of Bumble Inc., a social network company, since March 2020, Arista Networks, Inc., a publicly-held computer networking company, since
2013, Alphabet Inc. (the successor issuer to, and parent holding company of, Google, Inc.), a publicly-held global technology company, since 2005, Glu Mobile Inc., a publicly-held publisher of mobile games, since 2005, and Netflix, Inc., a
publicly-held global TV and movie streaming company, since 2010. Ms. Mather is an independent trustee to the Dodge & Cox Funds board of trustees. Ms. Mather received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University. We believe that
Ms. Mather is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of her extensive experience advising the boards of global technology companies.
Class III Directors
Nathan Blecharczyk. Mr. Blecharczyk
co-founded our company in 2008 and serves as our Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of Airbnb China. He is also a member of our board of directors. Mr. Blecharczyk received a Bachelor of Arts in Computer
Science from Harvard University and held several engineering positions before co-founding Airbnb. We believe that Mr. Blecharczyk is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of the
perspective and experience he brings as our co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer.
Belinda Johnson. Ms. Johnson
served as our Chief Operating Officer from February 2018 through March 2020. Ms. Johnson held several roles at our company since joining in 2011, including General Counsel from December 2011 to July 2015 and Chief Business Affairs and Legal
Officer from July 2015 to January 2018. Prior to joining Airbnb, she was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Yahoo! Inc., a digital information platform, and served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to Broadcast.com, an
internet broadcasting company. Ms. Johnson currently serves on the Board of Directors of PayPal Holdings, Inc., a publicly-held technology platform and digital payments company. Ms. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from
the University of Texas. Ms. Johnson joined our board of directors in March 2020. We believe that Ms. Johnson is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of the perspective and experience she brings as our former
Chief Operating Officer.
Alfred Lin. Mr. Lin joined our board of directors in November 2012. Since October 2010, Mr. Lin has been a partner at
Sequoia Capital Operations LLC (Sequoia), a venture capital firm. He represents Sequoia on our board as well as several other privately-held companies, including DoorDash, a food-delivery and local logistics platform, since 2014, and
Houzz Inc., an online home designs and furnishings platform, since 2011. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration of LinkExchange, a banner advertising exchange acquired by Microsoft Corporation
(Microsoft). From June 1999 to December 2014, he served as Co-Founder and General Manager at Venture Frogs, LLC, a seed fund that invested in companies such as Ask Jeeves, OpenTable, Inc., Tellme
Networks, Inc., and Zappos.com Inc. (Zappos). From January 2001 to June 2005, he served as Vice President of Finance and Business Development of Tellme Networks, a voice recognition services and platform company acquired by Microsoft.
From January 2005 to December 2010, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of Zappos, an online retailer acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and a
Master of Science in Statistics from Stanford University. We believe that Mr. Lin is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the venture capital industry, his business and leadership
experience, and his knowledge of scaling technology companies.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
Vote Required
Each director is elected by a plurality
of the votes cast. Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect.
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