12 Facts About Nathan Blecharczyk

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Nathan Blecharczyk was born on 1983 and is an American billionaire businessman.

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Nathan Blecharczyk is the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Airbnb, and chairman of Airbnb China.

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Nathan Blecharczyk had an estimated net worth of US$9.3 billion in July 2021.

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Nathan Blecharczyk grew up in an upper-middle-class family in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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.

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

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

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Nathan Blecharczyk served as a lead developer at Batiq in 2007.

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

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

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

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