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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to make billions of dollars from new lines of business — and they may not all be focused on travel.
Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, said Wednesday that he hopes to eventually expand beyond just short-term rentals and even travel.
“Why would Airbnb just offer homes? Why couldn't we offer significantly more things? And that's the future of this company," Chesky told Skift CEO Rafat Ali during the 2024 Skift Global Forum in New York City. "We're going to take the Airbnb model, and we're going to bring it to a lot of different categories.”
To get there, the company is aiming to consistently launch new lines of business.
“I anticipate, every year, we launch