The Airbnb Mafia
57 people came through Airbnb and went on to found or lead other companies.
Reid HoffmanBoard ObserverFounded Manas AI +1James J BesharaDirector, ProductFounded Tilt +1Khaled HusseinPayments Product LeadFounded Tilt +1Leah CulverSenior iOS EngineerFounded Breaker +1Rujul ZapardeProduct Manager, Trips & SearchFounded FlightCar +1Eric LevineEngineerFounded Clawvisor +1Gustaf AlströmerProduct Lead, GrowthFounded HeysanVarsha RaoHead of Global Operations/COO & EstaffFounded NurxBrian ArmstrongTechnical Product ManagerFounded CoinbaseVarsha RaoHead of Global Operations/COO & EstaffFounded NurxCraig IsakowSenior ManagerFounded Moonshot BrandsKarri SaarinenPrincipal DesignerFounded KipptBrian MartinezNorth America Business OperationsFounded MadeSolidBen HerilaSoftware EngineerFounded Underground CellarMeredith HitchcockLead Experience Researcher, Airbnb.org (fka Human team)Founded RideAlongVicc AlexanderDesign Engineer, AI Special ProjectsFounded PollyTanya BreshearsDesign EngineerFounded Curious FictionsAmol JainTech LeadFounded PerShopLu ChengEngineering ManagerFounded ZipMoncef BiazStaff Software EngineerFounded ArtifactMartin GouyStaff EngineerFounded ArtifactPhillippe SiclaitSoftware EngineerFounded ClayJonathan SukhiaHead of Management Partnerships, HotelsFounded TopkeyDavid Rincon-CruzSoftware Engineering InternFounded CheqoutMo MahallawySenior Software EngineerFounded ShepherdMartin DanielData Science LeadFounded CarbonfactChirag MahapatraSenior ML Engineer @ Trooly (acquired by Airbnb)Founded BlazeMartin T. PerminPartnerships & Marketing SpecialistFounded InvertGreg SirotekSupply Growth LeadFounded Glow EnergyRob MorrisStaff Data ScientistFounded KokoKareem KouddousEngineering LeadershipFounded KokoJoe AverbukhSenior Software EngineerFounded InstantStepan ParunashviliStaff Software EngineerFounded InstantOrlando LiSenior Software EngineerFounded Malama HealthSam RossGrowth Marketing & ProductFounded NumeralYansen ZhouSoftware EngineerFounded Hippo ScribeDevin AbbottSoftware EngineerFounded Noya SoftwareMarty KausasSoftware EngineerFounded PylonMiles JohnsonSenior Software EngineerFounded moonrepoJames PozdenaStaff Software Engineer, Guest Store - MessagingFounded moonrepoMatt LeeSenior Software Engineer, SamaraFounded TalcQuang TranSoftware EngineerFounded FleetWorksStephanie VasquezProduct Manager, Financial FraudFounded Line.BuildDasha CherepennikovaProduct LeadFounded Line.BuildZi LiuEngineeringFounded RoameSean SafahiProduct + Partnerships, PaymentsFounded AbelMilan ShenData Science ManagerFounded Centauri AITyler LehmanProduct StrategyFounded OpenFoundryShuangling YinSenior Software EngineerFounded InspectMind AIHan ShuData Science Lead, Growth & Traffic PlatformFounded Marr LabsBill UlammandakhStaff Data Scientist, AlgorithmsFounded ProhostAIShaun ModiDesign LeadFounded Capitol AIManu EbertTechnical LeadFounded hyperspellRajiv SanchetiProduct DesignerFounded CaddyJamie SunderlandSoftware EngineerFounded CoastsRishi PankhaniyaSoftware Engineer- PaymentsFounded RudusRaghav MehrishSenior Software EngineerFounded Arctic Health
