Chip Conley

Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy · Airbnb · company speakers →

Chip Conley is the Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy at Airbnb. He joined the firm in 2013. Before Airbnb, he spent nearly 24 years as the CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JDV), which he began in 1987 at age 26. Conley has almost three decades of experience in the hospitality industry and no-one has led the development, creation, and management of more boutique hotels than him. During his leadership at JDV, the company grew to become the second largest boutique hotel company in America. He sold the company in 2010 to Geolo Capital. Now at Airbnb, Conley shares his proven methods with hosts in nearly 200 countries. He has worked closely with CEO Brian Chesky as a mentor and helped to build a bridge to the travel, hotel, and real estate/development/landlord industries. Honored with the 2012 Pioneer Award – hospitality’s highest accolade – The San Francisco Business Times named Conley the “Most Innovative CEO” – and JDV the “2nd Best Place to Work in the entire Bay Area.” Conley has also written four books, of which the most recent one – EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success – has become The New York Times bestseller.

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