in 2015, chesky was recognized on the "forbes" list of america's richest entrepreneurs under 40. chesky was recognized on "time's" 100 most influential people for 2015. in may 2015, president obama named chesky as an ambassador of global entrepreneurship. he was also named in the youngest forbes 400 list in 2016. in 2018, chesky was named the bay area executive of the year by business times.