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"An engrossing story of audacious entrepreneurism and big-industry disruption, [this] is a tale for our times." - Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster BetterAn investigative look into a beloved, disruptive, notorious start-up This is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth of Airbnb, the online lodging platform that is now the largest provider of accommodations in the world. At first just the wacky idea of cofounders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb has become indispensable to millions of hosts and travelers around the world. Fortune editor Leigh Gallagher presents the first nuanced, in-depth look at the Airbnb phenomenon - the successes and controversies alike - and takes us behind the scenes as the company's young CEO steers into increasingly uncharted waters.
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Leigh Gallagher is an assistant managing editor at Fortune and author of The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions ... and Created Plenty of Controversy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, February 2017) . Her first book, The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving (Portfolio, 2013) has been described as "prophetic," "a first-rate social history" and "a steel fist in a velvet glove." Leigh is a co-chair of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the host of Fortune Live, and a frequent on-air commentator, appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, CNBC, CNN, and public radio's Marketplace. Originally from Media, PA, she lives in New York City.
