Meet the co-founder of Airbnb: How a weekend scheme to pay the rent turned into an industry giant

Meet the co-founder of Airbnb: How a weekend scheme to pay the rent turned into an industry giant Airbnb was first dreamed up in 2008, with people initially asking “how could you trust a stranger ever in your own home?” In 2025, $92 billion was transacted on the platform. So how did they do it? READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/03/23/meet-the-co-founder-of-airbnb-how-a-weekend-scheme-to-pay-the-rent-turned-into-an-industry Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?sub_confirmation=1 Watch our LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews/live Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Green: http://bit.ly/2sMsaDB Euronews Next: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsNext?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Travel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsTravel?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels #TheBigQuestion