Apple’s former retail chief Angela Ahrendts joins Airbnb board

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Ahrendts has been consistently named a Top 100 Global Executive in rankings by Forbes and Fortune

. During her tenure at Burberry, Ahrendts transformed the company into a global luxury brand, tripling the business.“She has led global brands through transformation, completely redefined the retail experience and done it all while putting customers and communities first,” Chesky said. “I’m so excited for her to join our board and know her innovative thinking will make us a better company.”

Ahrendts has a BA from Ball State University and also serves on the board of Ralph Lauren. She is the third independent nonaffiliated board member to join Airbnb, alongside former American Express CEO Ken Chenault and Ann Mather, a former CFO at Pixar, who also serves on the board of Netflix and Google’s Alphabet.

 

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