Joe Gebbia, the Airbnb co-founder, is a board member at Tesla who lives in Austin, where Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, keeps a large compound. He is planning to start shortly in the federal government as part of Mr. Musk’s team, which has been called the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the person with knowledge of the matter.

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is joining the Department of Government Efficiency along with Elon Musk, the New York Times said on Thursday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

Gebbia was a Democratic donor to have spent over $200,000 for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden’s campaign in the 2016 and 2020 general elections. In 2023, he bid $20,000 to support Biden’s re-election ca

Billionaire Joe Gebbia is set to join Trump-led administration in a bid to assist his close friend Elon Musk in cutting expenses of the government.