# Airbnb cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk

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Digital Leaders Series

##  Platform Responsibility and Global Leadership

Arun Sundararajan chatted with Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk about Airbnb’s meteoric rise

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##  Event Video

Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk traces the meteoritic rise of the company from an idea and a few air mattresses, to a disruptor, to a position of global leadership, outlining the company’s vision for what a responsible 21st century corporation and platform looks like.

[Watch The Video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=sO0GOIh2Xqw&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stern.nyu.edu%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&themeRefresh=1)

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![Headshot of Nathan Blecharczyk](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Nathan-Blecharczyk-2016.jpg?h=8719948f&itok=9Hlmf44U)

##  Nathan Blecharczyk

The co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chairman of Airbnb China.

[ ![Arun Sundararajan  Director, Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation,](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2024-08/finalarun.png?h=0c88c604&itok=ebUggpJG)

](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) [##  Arun Sundararajan

](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan)Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at NYU Stern

[Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan)