Airbnb
Airbnb, Inc.
NASDAQ: ABNB. Airbnb, Inc., along with its affiliated entities, manages a global digital marketplace.
US
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2
- SEC CIK
- 0001559720
- Website
- www.airbnb.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
- Newest evidence
- May 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Brian CheskySince Apr 24, 2026
- Chair
- Brian CheskyLead independent: Kenneth Chenault
- Independent
- 6 / 99 directors published
- Published claims
- 426 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 110 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 6 distinct sources and 11 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
EXECUTIVE APPOINTED
Aristotle Balogh executive of Airbnb, effective 2026-04-24.
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Technology Officer | Aristotle Balogh | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of the Board | Brian Chesky | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Chief Financial Officer | Elinor Mertz | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE7 |
| Chief Strategy Officer, Co-Founder, and Director | Nathan Blecharczyk | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE8 |
| Chief Accounting Officer | David Bernstein | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE6 |
Board of directors
Evidence9 directors published. 6 of 9 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Lin | Independent | 2012 | Audit, Risk and ComplianceAudit, Risk and Compliance; People and CompensationPeople and Compensation | Source reportedE3 |
| Amrita Ahuja | Independent | 2021 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Angela Ahrendts | Independent | 2019 | People and Compensation, chairPeople and Compensation · Chair; StakeholderStakeholder | Source reportedE3 |
| Brian Chesky | Not independentChair | 2008 | Stakeholder | Source reportedE3 |
| James Manyika | Independent | 2023 | Stakeholder | Source reportedE3 |
| Johnny Jordan | Independent | 2011 | Audit, Risk and ComplianceAudit, Risk and Compliance; Nominating and Corporate Governance · ChairNominating and Corporate Governance, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Joseph Gebbia | Not independent | 2008 | Stakeholder | Source reportedE3 |
| Kenneth Chenault | IndependentLead Independent | 2018 | Nominating and Corporate GovernancePeople and CompensationPeople and Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance | Source reportedE3 |
| Nathan Blecharczyk | Not independent | 2008 | Stakeholder | Source reportedE3 |
| Amrita Ahuja | Independence not published | Not published | Audit, Risk and Compliance, chair | Source reportedE9 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit, Risk and Compliance | Amrita Ahuja | Amrita Ahuja, Alfred Lin, Johnny Jordan | regulatory |
| Audit, Risk and Compliance; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair | Not published | Johnny Jordan | regulatory |
| Audit, Risk and Compliance; People and Compensation | Not published | Alfred Lin | regulatory |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance | Johnny Jordan | Johnny Jordan, Kenneth Chenault | Not described in the published record |
| People and Compensation | Angela Ahrendts | Angela Ahrendts, Alfred Lin, Kenneth Chenault | Not described in the published record |
| People and Compensation · Chair; Stakeholder | Not published | Angela Ahrendts | Not described in the published record |
| People and Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance | Not published | Kenneth Chenault | Not described in the published record |
| Stakeholder | Not published | Angela Ahrendts, Brian Chesky, James Manyika, Joseph Gebbia, Nathan Blecharczyk | Not described in the published record |
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Financials and market context
Evidence| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NASDAQ: ABNB | current | Sep 18, 2023 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
| Nasdaq-100 (Nasdaq) | NASDAQ: ABNB | current | Sep 1, 2026 | exchange verified | Nasdaq official Nasdaq-100 list-type API |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Aristotle BaloghChief Technology Officercompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:19
- Brian CheskyChief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of the Boardcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:20, company:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:10
- Elinor MertzChief Financial Officercompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:22
- Nathan BlecharczykChief Strategy Officer, Co-Founder, and Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:23, company:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:18
- David BernsteinChief Accounting Officercompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:21
- Alfred LinIndependent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:11
- Amrita AhujaIndependent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:12
- Angela AhrendtsIndependent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:13
- James ManyikaIndependent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:14
- Johnny JordanIndependent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:15
- Joseph GebbiaDirectorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:16
- Kenneth ChenaultLead Independent Directorcompany:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:leadership_role:17
- Amrita AhujaDirector (committee appointment)company:e42f88ba-1eb0-4c57-aa46-d30c1df584c2:committee_record:24
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 11 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
- E2Airbnb, Inc. Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-12). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Apr 24, 2026. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Apr 24, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Apr 24, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6ABNB executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Apr 24, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8sec filing. Published Apr 24, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9board_seats. sp500-board-director-completeness-remediation-2026-05-15. Cited by 17 Claims.
- E10Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E11Nasdaq official Nasdaq-100 list-type API. index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026- Aristotle Balogh executive of Airbnb, effective 2026-04-24.
- Brian Chesky executive of Airbnb, effective 2026-04-24.
- Elinor Mertz executive of Airbnb, effective 2026-04-24.
- Nathan Blecharczyk executive of Airbnb, effective 2026-04-24.
- James Manyika seat on Airbnb, effective 2023-01-01.
- Amrita Ahuja seat on Airbnb, effective 2021-01-01.
- Angela Ahrendts seat on Airbnb, effective 2019-01-01.
- People and Compensation · Chair; Stakeholder committee of Airbnb, effective 2019-01-01.
- Angela Ahrendts member of People and Compensation · Chair; Stakeholder, effective 2019-01-01.
- Kenneth Chenault seat on Airbnb, effective 2018-01-01.
- Kenneth Chenault lead independent director of Airbnb, effective 2018-01-01.
- People and Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance committee of Airbnb, effective 2018-01-01.
- Kenneth Chenault member of People and Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance, effective 2018-01-01.
- Alfred Lin seat on Airbnb, effective 2012-01-01.
- Audit, Risk and Compliance; People and Compensation committee of Airbnb, effective 2012-01-01.
- Alfred Lin member of Audit, Risk and Compliance; People and Compensation, effective 2012-01-01.
- Johnny Jordan seat on Airbnb, effective 2011-01-01.
- Audit, Risk and Compliance; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair committee of Airbnb, effective 2011-01-01.
- Johnny Jordan member of Audit, Risk and Compliance; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair, effective 2011-01-01.
- Brian Chesky seat on Airbnb, effective 2008-01-01.
- Brian Chesky chairs board Airbnb, effective 2008-01-01.
- Joseph Gebbia seat on Airbnb, effective 2008-01-01.
- Nathan Blecharczyk seat on Airbnb, effective 2008-01-01.



