# Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says ‘founder mode’ cost him almost his entire executive team: ‘They left or they didn’t want to work for me’

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:38:22+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/04/airbnb-brian-chesky-founder-mode-executive-team/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-says-founder-mode-cost-him-almost-his-entire-e-9d0e0f/

Chesky was a natural founder but a “terrible CEO,” he said, and fixing that meant losing executives who wouldn’t adapt.

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