Where does Nathan Blecharczyk work?

Nathan Blecharczyk is Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Airbnb.

What companies did Nathan Blecharczyk found?

Nathan Blecharczyk founded Airbnb.

Where did Nathan Blecharczyk go to school?

Nathan Blecharczyk studied at Harvard University (Computer Science); Boston Latin Academy.

Nathan Blecharczyk

Unicorn founder

Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Airbnb

San Francisco, CA

FoundedAirbnb$108.5B · YC

Find your path to Nathan

321 people in our graph share verified history with Nathan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Nathan Blecharczyk co-founded Airbnb in 2008 as the sole engineer among three founders, writing the original platform and payments system, and serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of Airbnb China. A Harvard computer science graduate who had built a profitable business before university, he led the data and pricing work that made the marketplace liquid.

Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Airbnb YC W09

Intro paths

Nathan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Airbnb's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Nathan can intro founders to Airbnb's investors below.

Airbnb's investors · 64

137 VenturesSan Francisco A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco A*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checks ACE & CompanyNew York ACME CapitalSan Francisco Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checks Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checks Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks Amakor$25M – $200M checks Amity VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019 Axel Springer Digital VenturesBerlin Band of AngelsSilicon Valley BetaworksNew York · $250K – $750K checks Bezos Expeditions CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks CrunchFund Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Eniac VenturesNew York · $1.2M checks EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checks Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks G SquaredChicago General AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks Geodesic CapitalFoster City Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Hillhouse CapitalChangyang · $2.9M – $220M checks Huangpu River CapitalShanghai ICONIQSan Francisco InvestXVancouver Jazzya InvestmentsAlcobendas JuniperoMiami K2 GlobalSingapore K3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Manhattan Venture PartnersNew York MetaPropNew York · $100K – $1M checks MetaProp VenturesNew York Mighty CapitalSan Francisco MSA NovoSingapore · $1.5M – $32M checks NextEquity PartnersMenlo Park Night CapitalCapitola Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks Prime VenturesAmsterdam · $5.4M – $16.2M checks Raptor GroupMiami Beach Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks Sequoia Capital’s Scout programMenlo Park · $25K – $100K checks Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park Sixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checks Smile GroupSingapore Sound VenturesSanta Monica Standard CapitalSan Francisco STS Ventures GmbHCologne · $220K – $1.1M checks SV AngelSan Francisco SWaN & Legend Venture PartnersLeesburg Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Transmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $5M checks Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco Wonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2009

Co-founders at Airbnb

Brian CheskyAirbnb Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Joe GebbiaAirbnb Co-founder

Joe G.Founder

Experience

AirbnbCo-founder / Chief Strategy Officercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
AirbnbCo-Founder / CTO2008 — 2016
Consult Mavens, LLCOwner2006 — 2008
BatiqSoftware Engineer2007 — 2008
OPNET Technologies, Inc.Software Engineer2005 — 2006
Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow2005
Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentResearch Assistant2003 — 2005
Microsoft CorporationIntern Program Manager for Visual Basic .NET2004
Brigham and Women’s HospitalBioinformatics Programmer2003

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Nathan Blecharczyk

COMING UP: Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk

Behind the Business with Michelle Toh

Nathan Blecharczyk: The Raw Truth of Scaling Airbnb to a $75B Empire | E122

Ilana Golan - Leap Academy

Turn your business idea into reality with Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk

Kim Komando

Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk on the value of purpose, and building through a crisis.

Giant Ideas

Digital Leaders: Airbnb Co-Founder Nathan Blecharczyk chats with Professor Arun Sundararajan

NYU Stern

Nathan Blecharczyk Interview on How Airbnb Disrupted the Travel Industry | Business Model Revealed

Star Sessions

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nathan Blecharczyk?: Nathan Blecharczyk co-founded Airbnb in 2008 as the sole engineer among three founders, writing the original platform and payments system, and serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of Airbnb China. A Harvard computer science graduate who had built a profitable business before university, he led the data and pricing work that made the marketplace liquid.
Where does Nathan Blecharczyk work?: Nathan Blecharczyk is Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Airbnb.
What companies did Nathan Blecharczyk found?: Nathan Blecharczyk founded Airbnb.
Where did Nathan Blecharczyk go to school?: Nathan Blecharczyk studied at Harvard University (Computer Science); Boston Latin Academy.
What podcasts and interviews feature Nathan Blecharczyk?: Tracked appearances include "COMING UP: Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk", "Nathan Blecharczyk: The Raw Truth of Scaling Airbnb to a $75B Empire | E122", "Turn your business idea into reality with Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk", and 3 more.