SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 18, 2022) – The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Airbnb Co-Founder and Chairman of Airbnb.org, Joe Gebbia, has joined the Spurs investor group as its newest strategic partner. This move has been approved by the NBA Board of Governors and executed as of today. Managing Partner Peter J. Holt continues to control team and business operations.
Airbnb released a new economic report on our emergence as a platform that generates important income for our 4 million Hosts and revenue for their approximately 100,000 cities and towns around the world including new data on this impact on our Tennessee Host Community. The report was released ahead of a roundtable discussion with Airbnb Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and other business leaders on the importance of broadban .
Yesterday, Airbnb Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk joined US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and other business leaders in a roundtable discussion on the importance of broadband to the foundation of an “ownership economy” an economy that keeps more of the returns of online marketplace activity with the communities and the people who power these platforms.