Greg Greeley

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Greg W. Greeley is an American businessman and former President of Homes at Airbnb where he oversaw the Homes division of Airbnb, [1] including the Airbnb Plus program offering rentals with more hotel-like services. [2]

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Education

Greeley attended the University of Washington and the University of Southern California. [3] He received his MBA in 1998 from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. [4]

Career

Prior to being hired by Airbnb on March 6, 2018, Greeley worked at Amazon as the Vice President of Amazon Prime. Greeley had been at Amazon for more than 18 years. [2]

At Airbnb Greeley lead the Homes unit which includes Airbnb's standard offering as well as Airbnb plus, [5] which was launched on February 22, 2018, [6] and is geared toward high-end travelers. [7] Greeley also oversaw Airbnb Collections, the Superhost program, and the Superguest program. He reported directly to Airbnb Founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, before being let go from the company in July 2020. [8]

Airbnb's decision to hire Greeley was criticized as he has no prior experience in the hospitality industry. [9]

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References

  1. Zaveri, Deirdre Bosa, Paayal (2018-03-06). "The former head of Amazon Prime has a new job running Airbnb Homes". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-04-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 "Airbnb Hires Amazon Prime Head Greg Greeley to Run Homes Business". Bloomberg.com. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
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