Be a Different Kind of Leader with Brian Chesky

**Michelle Obama** (0:00)
You know, I have to say, Brian, if I'm a single girl out there, and I find out that Brian Chesky is single, and I can like stay in his house, have you ever?

**Craig Robinson** (0:11)
Right to the relation, but Brian, you don't have to be filled with pressure. We've never talked about this. He just got here.

**Michelle Obama** (0:17)
Have you ever?

**Brian Chesky** (0:18)
Her husband has tried to set me up before, so.

**Michelle Obama** (0:21)
Yeah, I'm very invested in Brian's love life. Craig Robinson.

**Craig Robinson** (0:39)
Hi.

**Michelle Obama** (0:39)
How you doing, dude?

**Craig Robinson** (0:40)
Good. Niche, how you doing?

**Michelle Obama** (0:41)
I am good. You look...

**Craig Robinson** (0:44)
I was going to say, you look refreshed.

**Michelle Obama** (0:47)
Thank you. I am pretty refreshed. You look refreshed. You shouldn't be, because you still have little bitty kids.

**Craig Robinson** (0:54)
I know, I know. I should look worn out.

**Michelle Obama** (0:57)
I should stop calling them little bitty.

**Craig Robinson** (0:58)
Yeah, they're not little bitty anymore.

**Michelle Obama** (1:00)
And they're almost as tall as me. But yeah, you're coaching and still doing all the stuff deep into the...

**Craig Robinson** (1:07)
I'm still coaching and still parenting and all that kind of stuff. So I should look haggard. But I'm always so excited to do this with you.

**Michelle Obama** (1:16)
You sent, or Kelly sent a picture, Austin's starting to drive.

**Craig Robinson** (1:23)
Yes. Oh, this is a good story. So you remember the green car.

**Michelle Obama** (1:29)
The green car that's like 100 years old.

**Craig Robinson** (1:31)
It's a 1999 GMC.

**Michelle Obama** (1:34)
You talk about an old man keeping a car forever.

**Craig Robinson** (1:36)
Well, you know, I just, I'm my dad's kid. There's no need to get a new car when your old car is running perfectly. Well, we're finally getting rid of it.

**Michelle Obama** (1:49)
Okay, way to go. Brought everyone slow clap on that one.

**Craig Robinson** (1:53)
We're finally getting rid of it. And the boys, Austin and Aaron, who are 15 and 13, heard about Avery and Leslie learning how to drive on that car. And they wanted to drive it before we got rid of it.

**Michelle Obama** (2:08)
They're so sweet. They just really want to be a part of life. They always feel like they're missing out on something.

**Craig Robinson** (2:14)
They feel like they came after all the good stuff.

**Michelle Obama** (2:17)
That's right. They did. And they kind of did. They kind of did.

**Craig Robinson** (2:20)
They did. We'll have to spend some time talking about the stuff they missed. Well, I'm excited because today we have our first really sort of tech expert.

**Michelle Obama** (2:31)
Yeah. Yeah. We're going to be talking to Brian Chesky, who's a dear, dear friend. We will talk more about that. I love Brian.
He and Barack have gotten close over the years, and he spent some time at our house. He's just a good dude. It's like, if I had a son, I would want my son to be Brian.

**Craig Robinson** (2:52)
Oh, that's a huge compliment.

**Michelle Obama** (2:54)
And we're going to be talking a little bit about social media, tech.

**Craig Robinson** (2:58)
Loneliness.

**Michelle Obama** (2:59)
A loneliness. So we got a lot on our plate. So let's not waste any time. Let's get Brian out here.

**Craig Robinson** (3:06)
Well, let me give him a little bit of an... I know you know him, but our audience should hear a proper introduction. Brian Chesky is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Airbnb. And in 2007, Brian became Airbnb's first host. But you know what's cool about that?

**Michelle Obama** (3:28)
See, I want to hear about that because I don't know if I would be able to do that.

**Craig Robinson** (3:31)
He's still a host.

**Michelle Obama** (3:32)
I know that's, we will talk about that.

**Craig Robinson** (3:35)
We have to figure out how we can sign up for that. And since then, Brian has overseen Airbnb's growth to become a community of over 5 million hosts across 240 plus countries and regions. So without any further ado, welcome Brian.

**Michelle Obama** (3:54)
Brian.

**Craig Robinson** (3:55)
Here he comes.

**Michelle Obama** (3:56)
Hi, Brian.

**Brian Chesky** (4:00)
Thank you. Thank you for having me.

**Michelle Obama** (4:05)
Welcome to IMO.

**Brian Chesky** (4:07)
Yes.

**Michelle Obama** (4:08)
I know, I usually don't get to talk to you in an interview format. So let's pretend like it's just us at dinner somewhere with me poking you and prodding you on how life is. But I do want to hear about you as a host.