11 Facts About Nathan Blecharczyk

Nathan Blecharczyk was born in 1983, the son of Sheila and Paul Steven Nathan Blecharczyk, who is Polish-American.

Nathan Blecharczyk's ancestors came to the United States around the time of World War I He grew up in an upper-middle-class family in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nathan Blecharczyk continued writing programs while attending Harvard University in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, and made enough money to pay his tuition before abandoning his web-hosting business to focus on his studies in 2002.

Nathan Blecharczyk was on the business staff of The Harvard Crimson during his time at Harvard College.

Nathan Blecharczyk began his career as an engineer at OPNET in 2005.

Nathan Blecharczyk was a lead developer at Batiq in 2007.

Nathan Blecharczyk moved into an apartment with Joe Gebbia after seeing an ad on Craigslist.

In 2008, Nathan Blecharczyk partnered with Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia to found Airbnb, and was the company's first chief technology officer and coded the company's original website using Ruby on Rails.

In early 2017, Nathan Blecharczyk transitioned to chief strategy officer at Airbnb.

Nathan Blecharczyk was announced as the chairman of Airbnb China, known as Aibiying, in October 2017.

Nathan Blecharczyk is married to Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk, a neonatologist.