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Joe Gebbia

Joe Gebbia

American businessman and a co-founder of Airbnb

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AIProfile Summary

Joe Gebbia is an American businessman and co-founder of Airbnb, a company in the travel and housing services sector WikidataSEC EDGAR. He was born in 1981 and is associated with Texas; his estimated net worth is ~$8.0B Wikidata. He is a Giving Pledge signatory The Giving Pledge.

Business & SEC Activity

Gebbia is tied to Airbnb, Inc. (ticker: ABNB), which SEC records classify as an operating company in services related to dwellings and other buildings SEC EDGAR. The SEC data shows 918 insider filings tied to the company, including recent Form 4 and Form 144 filings; Form 4 reports insider transactions, while Form 144 is a notice of proposed sale of securities SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Gebbia is a signatory to The Giving Pledge, indicating a public commitment to give away most of his wealth The Giving Pledge. No foundation or grant data was provided here, so no additional philanthropy details are included.

Political Activity

From 2020-10-27 to 2025-12-03, Gebbia made 100 FEC-recorded contributions totaling $156,885.22 FEC. His giving was split across parties and PAC/other recipients: $23,700 to Democrats, $57,662.79 to Republicans, and $75,522.43 to PAC/Other FEC.

In the News

Recent headlines mention Gebbia in connection with Alabama politics, a Wired story about a metallic device he was using, and coverage of his role as U.S. Chief Design Officer NewsAPI. Other items in the feed include business and technology coverage that references him or his work, but the provided article list does not include validated GDELT results NewsAPIGDELT.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, fec, newsapi, wikidata, sec_edgar, giving_pledge 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

FECPolitical Contributions

$157KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2020–2025Date Range

By Party

PAC/Other
$76K
REP
$58K
DEM
$24K

Top Recipients

RESTORE OUR NATION (RON PAC)$13K
WARNOCK VICTORY FUND$13K
GROW THE MAJORITY$10K
AIRBNB INC. PAC (AIRBNB PAC)$10K
GEORGIA FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE$10K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

1,000Total Filings
918Insider Filings
121EDGAR Mentions

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

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Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
44.8
Public Benefit Score

The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.

Philanthropy65% weight
15%

Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).

Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry

Transparency35% weight
100%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.

All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata

Joe Gebbia — Public Benefit Score C (45) | Billionaire Army