Airbnb’s CEO Says He Personally Manages 40 to 50 Employees as Direct Reports: ‘A Lot of Work’

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, 43, oversees the hiring, firing, management, and promotion of 40 to 50 employees at the travel startup, taking a hands-on approach to personnel decisions.

On a Saturday episode of the “Social Radars” podcast, Chesky said he stays “as close” as possible to the “people doing the work” at Airbnb and manages staffers who report to the C-Suite executives who also report to the CEO.

“I treat them all as my directs,” Chesky said on the podcast. “I skip level, I co-hire them, and I make decisions on whether or not they’re working out and leave the company.”

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