# Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbnb

**Author:** The Social Radars
**Type:** Essay
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/JW-brian-chesky-co-founder-ceo-of-airbnb


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In this episode of The Social Radars, Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy, talk to Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO of
Airbnb. Learn what it takes to come up with an idea so weird that it seems like it will never work, and then make it
work. [Find Part II of this episode
here](https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Jx-the-social-radars-brian-chesky-co-founder-ceo-of-airbnb-part-ii).

