Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman · 2018
"Shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed."
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Brian Chesky
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb
Brian Chesky is the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, the company he started in 2008 with Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk. A trained industrial designer from RISD, he credits a Walt Disney biography with shaping how Airbnb storyboards its guest experience.
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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Neal Gabler · 2006
"I was living one life, kind of going down the predictable road, and I read this biography. That had a huge impact on me."
Spotted in Brian Chesky Recommended Books · 2025-08-02
The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger · 2019
"Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO."
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High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove · 1983
"Chesky, CEO of AirBnB, treats 'High Output Management' as his primary reference book on management."
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Ken Auletta · 2009
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