JG

Joe Gebbia

Founder of Samara

Austin, Texas

Overview

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder

    2022 - Current

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Co-founder of Airbnb and Chairman of Airbnb.org

    2008

    Airbnb is a place where what's inspiring about every person, and every home, in every country, can be shared. People share extra rooms, entire houses, castles, treehouses, boats, and even igloos. What began in my San Francisco apartment has spread to 80,000 cities in over 192 countries, creating a new economy for millions of people around the world.

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2024

  • Founder & Lead Designer

    2005 - 2010

    Designed, developed, and patented a new product for a portable seat cushion. Marketed to both niche and mass market sales channels, including the Museum of Modern Art (NYC & SF), Solutions Catalog (35MM viewer reach), and Gaiam wellness products. CritBuns has been exhibited in 3 countries, and was sold in over 30 stores worldwide, with fulfillment running out of my garage.

  • Co-founder

    2006 - 2010

    Partner, interface designer, and strategist for an online sustainable materials community that connects designers with sources of eco-materials, and with other green-minded designers. Developed our GreenBox subscription into a profitable service that shipped material samples quarterly to design firms and universities internationally, allowing them to build out a sustainable materials library.

  • Founder

    2005 - 2009

    Oversee freelance product, graphic, and web ventures.

  • Industrial Designer

    2006 - 2007

    Design lead for new package design and format initiatives across marcom, book, and gift lines. Aided in retail store experience design, and trade show experience design. Responsible for ideation, material selection, graphic and industrial prototyping, and presentation quality images and models.

  • Industrial Designer

    2005 - 2005

    Product design and ideation for LG Electronics.

  • Intern

    2005 - 2005

    Product design and ideation for Staples, Inc.

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