Books Recommended by Brian Chesky
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Neal Gabler
Source: "I was living one life, kind of going down the predictable road, and I read this biography. That had a huge impact on me." - Brian Chesky
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "Chesky, CEO of AirBnB, treats 'High Output Management' as his primary reference book on management." - Business Insider
Your Keys, Our Home.
The Senior Nomads Incredible Airbnb Journey
Debbie and Michael Campbell
Source: "[The authors] sold their homes and have been living on Airbnb straight for 3 and a half years!" - Brian Chesky
Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Reid Hoffman
Source: "Shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed." - Brian Chesky
The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Robert Iger
Source: "Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO." - Brian Chesky
The Art of Travel
Alain de Botton
Source: "Writes about the problem with modern tourism." - Brian Chesky
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
Leigh Gallagher
Source: "Has some fun facts from our early days." - Brian Chesky
Googled
The End of the World As We Know It
Ken Auletta
Source: Brian Chesky mentioned reading this book on Twitter.
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