Airbnb CEO Got $120 Million in Stock Grants in 2020, Post-Blockbuster IPO

Dennis Schaal

April 30th, 2021 at 8:58 PM EDT

Photo Credit: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on CNBC June 22, 2020. His 2020 compensation topped $120 million. CNBC

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Brian Chesky's $120 million stock grant may rankle many, but he's pledging to contribute $100 million of it to a host endowment fund.

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky's total compensation topped $120 million in 2020, based on $119.88 million in stock grants, after stewarding the company through the toughest year in travel and into a blockbuster IPO. The company said in a financial filing late Friday that the Airbnb board granted Chesky a 10-year award of 12 million restricted stock units, worth just under $120 million, in November, a month before the co

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