Tesla adds Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to board
Summary
Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb and chairman of Airbnb.org, during South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Tesla has added Airbnb co-founder, designer and billionaire Joe Gebbia as an independent member to its board of directors, according to a regulatory filing out Wednesday. Gebbias addition to the board of Elon Musks electric vehicle maker follows the departure of Oracle chair and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, which was announced in June and finalized after a shareholders proxy vote in August. Tesla added Ellison and former Walgreens Boots Alliance exec Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to the board in December 2018 in order to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, Gebbia remains on the Airbnb board and serves as chair of Airbnb.org, the companys affiliated nonprofit that provides housing to people displaced in times of crisis, including those impacted by natural disasters and global conflicts.