--- title: "Best Joe Gebbia Sayings" description: "American businessman and a co-founder of Airbnb... | Joseph Gebbia Jr. is an American designer and entrepreneur, and a co-founder of Airbnb. In 2025, he..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/joe-gebbia-7830_around-the-world_what-we-re-doing-with-airbnb-feels-like_146486.jpg" --- # Joe Gebbia (1981) Computer Scientist **87** quotes in **321** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joe Gebbia is a computer scientist. ## Quick Facts About Joe Gebbia Born August 21, 1981 Profession Computer Scientist ## About Joe Gebbia American businessman and a co-founder of Airbnb... \| Joseph Gebbia Jr. is an American designer and entrepreneur, and a co-founder of Airbnb. In 2025, he joined the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Gebbia was appointed by President Donald Trump as the first Chief Design Officer to lead the National Design Studio. ## Quotes by Joe Gebbia · Page 3 > [What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. We're helping people be more resourceful with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/what-we-re-doing-with-airbnb-feels-like-the-nexus-of-everything-that/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/joe-gebbia-7830_around-the-world_what-we-re-doing-with-airbnb-feels-like_146486.jpg) > [By helping New Yorkers turn their greatest expense - their home - into an asset, Airbnb is a vehicle that artists, entrepreneurs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/by-helping-new-yorkers-turn-their-greatest-expense-their-home-into-an/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/joe-gebbia-7830_art_by-helping-new-yorkers-turn-their-greate_3225055.jpg) > [From natural disasters to the refugee crises, the impact we can have as individuals might seem limited. But as many of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/from-natural-disasters-to-the-refugee-crises-the-impact-we-can-have/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/home/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/joe-gebbia-7830_home_from-natural-disasters-to-the-refugee-cr_1064003.jpg) > [We've invented a new marketplace. There was no easy way to rent a person's bedroom over the Internet or book a vacation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/we-ve-invented-a-new-marketplace-there-was-no-easy-way-to-rent-a/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/joe-gebbia-7830_books_we-ve-invented-a-new-marketplace-there-w_2617706.jpg) > [Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/of-course-airbnb-made-mistakes-the-first-year-some-came-from-our-own/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Eyesight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eyesight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/joe-gebbia-7830_eyesight_of-course-airbnb-made-mistakes-the-first_2740692.jpg) > [It's about more than making money; it's about connecting people in countries all around the world. Our social mission is to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/it-s-about-more-than-making-money-it-s-about-connecting-people-in/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/joe-gebbia-7830_around-the-world_it-s-about-more-than-making-money-it-s-a_1270001.jpg) > [In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-gebbia/in-the-post-war-united-states-you-had-this-race-to-the-suburbs-cities/) [Joe Gebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/) [Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/joe-gebbia-7830_community_in-the-post-war-united-states-you-had-th_376809.jpg) ## Joe Gebbia by topic [Design (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/design/joe-gebbia/) [Experience (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/joe-gebbia/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-gebbia/#itemlist", "name": "Joe Gebbia Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. 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