Co-Founder & CTO
Airbnb
Nate is the technical architect behind Airbnb. A pragmatist who translates vision and design into tangible product through fast iterations, Nate uses data to identify and pursue high-growth opportunities. Under his leadership, the engineering team has developed a robust, secure marketplace which now facilitates a massive amount of commerce each day. Nate got an early start in business and technology when he founded an online marketing company while still in high school. Since then he has worked as a program manager at Microsoft, engineer at OPNET Technologies, and lead developer at Batiq. Nate graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.