10 Airbnb finance leaders
Ellie Mertz, Airbnb's CFO, and Dave Stephenson, who held that title from 2019 to 2024, appear here with Airbnb's controller and its finance leads for payments planning, treasury, tax, investor relations and strategic finance; eight of the ten are still at Airbnb. Questions about payments finance, revenue controllership, tax reporting or capital markets work at Airbnb, from a finance team or a vendor, are the natural fit.
Professionals to explore
Abi Adeoti
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Head of Finance for the Airbnb Platform Business Unit · Airbnb
Abi Adeoti was Senior Director, Head of Finance for the Airbnb Platform Business Unit (2022–2025), finance business partner to Airbnb's Head of Global Operations and directing global finance strategy for Airbnb's largest cost base. Earlier titles include Senior Director Financial Planning Analysis at Twitter (2021–2022), Senior Finance Director for Intel's Virtual Reality, Gaming and Esport Group (2018–2019) and Senior Finance Director for Infrastructure & Platform Solutions Group (IPSG) at Intel (2019–2021).
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Andrew Slabin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Investor Relations · Airbnb
Andrew Slabin has been Vice President, Investor Relations at Airbnb since 2026 and was Executive Vice President, Global Investor Strategy Investor Relations at Warner Bros. Discovery (2017–2025). Earlier, Andrew Slabin was Portfolio Manager - Media Entertainment Internet at Man GLG (2004–2013) and TOMS Capital Family Office (2013–2016), so Slabin can speak to both the company and the investor side of that conversation.
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Dave Stephenson
LinkedInExperience: Former CFO · Airbnb
Dave Stephenson was CFO at Airbnb from 2019 to 2024 and has been Chief Business Officer there since 2024, while also holding Head of Employee Experience since 2021. Having held both the CFO and Chief Business Officer titles at Airbnb, Stephenson suits questions on how finance priorities carry into the business side of the company.
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Ellie Mertz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Airbnb
Ellie Mertz has been Chief Financial Officer at Airbnb since 2024, after Head of Global Financial Planning & Analysis (2013–2019) and VP of Finance (2019–2024) there. Mertz has also been Board Member and Audit Chair at DoorDash and at Faire since 2022, a fit for questions on Airbnb's planning process and on audit committee work.
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Jeff Moeller
LinkedInExperience: Director, FP&A Payments · Airbnb
Payments planning is the remit of Jeff Moeller, Director, FP&A Payments at Airbnb since 2022. Earlier PayPal titles were Director, Strategic Finance (2019–2020), Director, Strategic Finance and Pricing Strategy (2020–2021) and Head of Finance - SMB & Shopping (Honey) (2021–2022), plus Director, Corporate Develoment at HP (2016–2019), a fit for payments planning and pricing questions.
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Kristen Bowden
LinkedInExperience: Controller · Airbnb
Kristen Bowden became Controller at Airbnb in 2026 and held Sr. Manager, Platform Controlling - Revenue Operations (2019–2022) and Director, Platform Controlling (2022–2026) there. Earlier eBay titles were Sr. Manager, Revenue Controllership (2016–2018) and Director, Americas and Global Revenue Controller (2018–2019), relevant to revenue accounting and close questions.
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Nicholas Roth
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics, Business Organization · Airbnb
Nicholas Roth's Airbnb titles include Senior Principal, Corporate Development (2018–2019), Director, Strategic Finance and Analytics (2020–2024) and Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics for Marketing, Product, Global Markets (2024–2025). Since 2025, as Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics, Business Organization, Roth's team supports Airbnb's Chief Business Officer across regional teams, supply, partnerships, new business lines and incubations.
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Renee Jewell
LinkedInExperience: Former Controller at Airbnb, and CFO Airbnb Payments Inc. · Airbnb
Renee Jewell was Controller, Platform Airbnb and CFO Airbnb Payments Inc. (2018–2021) and Controller at Airbnb, and CFO Airbnb Payments Inc. (2021–2026). Earlier titles at eBay were Senior Manager, CSS Governance and Vendor Management (2010), Director, North America Shared Services (2010–2012) and Director, North America Marketplaces Controller (2012–2018), a fit for controllership and payments-entity finance questions.
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Todd Tippett
LinkedInExperience: Director, Tax Accounting and Reporting · Airbnb
Todd Tippett has been Director, Tax Accounting and Reporting at Airbnb since 2018. Earlier, Todd Tippett was Tax Director (2012–2017) and Senior Director of Tax and Treasury (2017–2018) at Twitter, Senior Tax Manager at Align Technology, Inc. (2010–2012) and in Corporate Tax Consulting (2003–2010), which suits tax provision and reporting questions.
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Yiwei Tang, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Treasury & Capital Markets · Airbnb
Since 2017, Yiwei Tang, CFA has been Director, Treasury & Capital Markets at Airbnb. Earlier titles include Associate Portfolio Manager, Global Asset Allocation at AQR Capital Management (2015–2017), Investment Analyst Derivatives Trader at Penn Mutual Asset Management, LLC (2012–2015) and Summer Analyst at Citi (2011), a fit for questions on corporate treasury, capital markets and derivatives.
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Choose the right perspective
Mertz and Stephenson are the two who have held Airbnb's CFO title, and Andrew Slabin covers investor relations. Accounting and controls questions go to Renee Jewell, Kristen Bowden and Todd Tippett, payments finance to Jewell (CFO Airbnb Payments Inc.) and Jeff Moeller, and planning or business-unit finance to Nicholas Roth and Abi Adeoti, with Yiwei Tang for treasury and capital markets.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a marketplace that pays out hosts in many currencies decide what to hedge and when?
- 02What does Airbnb's controllership team look for before approving a new revenue or payments system vendor?
- 03How does strategic finance at Airbnb weigh budgets for marketing, supply growth and new business lines against each other?
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