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Airbnb CEO devotes 5 hours daily to hiring, warns CEOs

5/7/2026

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky spends five hours daily recruiting the firm’s top 200 hires.
He warns that CEOs who delegate hiring to other executives make a fatal mistake.
Chesky believes intensive recruiting will lessen future demand for people managers as AI spreads.
He urges founders to hire a recruiter before an engineer, builds referral-based “talent mafias,” and notes Airbnb has 240 open jobs and a headcount increase slated for February 2025.

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky spends five hours daily recruiting the firm’s top 200 hires.
He warns that CEOs who delegate hiring to other executives make a fatal mistake.
Chesky believes intensive recruiting will lessen future demand for people managers as AI spreads.
He urges founders to hire a recruiter before an engineer, builds referral-based “talent mafias,” and notes Airbnb has 240 open jobs and a headcount increase slated for February 2025.