“How do you convince somebody to host a stranger for the weekend? That's not a trivial thing. It's not something I think you can throw technology at, marketing at, or sales at. We threw design at it because that's all we knew, and in doing so, I feel like we brought a human touch to it, which is so needed.”

American designer and entrepreneur

Joe Gebbia is an American designer and entrepreneur, known as a co-founder of Airbnb. In 2025, he joined the Department of Government Efficiency, and he was later appointed by President Donald Trump as the first Chief Design Officer to lead the National Design Studio. He built his reputation through Airbnb, the company he helped found, and later moved into public service and design leadership. The available facts place him at the intersection of technology, product design, and government work.