Brian Chesky didn’t know much about tech before starting Airbnb.
The 35-year-old CEO majored in industrial design in college and dabbled in hockey and bodybuilding in his 20s. But now, he’s grown an idea that stemmed from overbooked hotels into a multibillion-dollar startup — and has become one of Silicon Valley’s key players in the process.
Here’s how the upstate New York native became one of the richest young tech founders in America.
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Chesky grew up in Niskayuna, N.Y., north of Albany. He was into hockey, and he also read more >>>
Source : BusinessInsider.Com