Brian Chesky Book Recommendations
Brian Chesky is an American billionaire technology entrepreneur who co-founded and is the CEO of Airbnb.
(Read more on Wikipedia)8 Books Recommended
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Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
by Reid Hoffman
"Shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed." - Brian Chesky (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Sam Altman, Eric Schmidt, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, Sheryl Sandberg
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
by Neal Gabler
"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 (Source)
Also recommended by:
The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by Robert Iger
"Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO." - Brian Chesky (Source)
Also recommended by:
Tim Ferriss, Brené Brown, Jason Calacanis, Karlie Kloss, Alexis Ohanian, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Saagar Enjeti
High Output Management
by Andrew S. Grove
"Chesky, CEO of AirBnB, treats 'High Output Management' as his primary reference book on management." - Business Insider (Source)
Also recommended by:
Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Tobi Lütke, Larry Ellison, Ben Horowitz, Keith Rabois, Drew Houston, Brian Armstrong, Ron Conway, John Doerr, Justin Kan, Balaji Srinivasan, Sahil Lavingia
Googled
The End of the World As We Know It
by Ken Auletta
Brian Chesky mentioned reading this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
by Leigh Gallagher
"Has some fun facts from our early days." - Brian Chesky (Source)
Also recommended by:
Your Keys, Our Home.
The Senior Nomads Incredible Airbnb Journey
by Debbie and Michael Campbell
"[The authors] sold their homes and have been living on Airbnb straight for 3 and a half years!" - Brian Chesky (Source)
The Art of Travel
by Alain de Botton
"Writes about the problem with modern tourism." - Brian Chesky (Source)
