Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk: ‘A body? It’s unusual, but it wasn’t as if it was in the front yard’

The billionaire CTO of the rental website discusses his rigorous work ethic, its effect on his family life and how discovering a corpse won't stop people using his site

He's a billionaire, but Nathan Blecharczyk still likes to host on Airbnb. He has a guest there right now, he says, though the guest doesn't know who his host is. He is waking in Blecharczyk's San Francisco home, unaware that the pleasant quarters with separate entrance and electronic locks belong to one of the three co-founders of Airbnb itself. Hopeful visitors, however, will struggle to discover Blecharczyk's listing. "You're not going to find me on the website very easily," he warns. "For obvious reasons, I don't want people to know where I live."

What, because some stalker might seek him out?

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