Gebbia: Airbnb raised about $2 billion in emergency debt during COVID-19
Joe Gebbia · Ep 53: Joe Gebbia Changed the World with Airbnb. Here's What He's Building Next. · Joe Lonsdale · Apr 12, 2023 · at 24:09
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia discusses emergency capital raised to ensure liquidity during the pandemic.
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“For our investors, we took out about two billion dollars in debt just to make sure we had money in the bank, because no one knew how long this was gonna go on for.”
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