Fanboy moment: Airbnb CEO meets Bono, swaps sunglasses

It had been almost a year since Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shared a photo on his Instagram page. So the post with which he chose to ultimately return had to be worth the wait.

This week, Chesky shared a post with U2 frontman Bono, featuring two pictures: The first showing them locking hands in a mock arm wrestle, captioned “Can’t really explain what’s happening here.”

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Can’t really explain what’s happening here

A post shared by Brian Chesky (@bchesky) on Jul 16, 2019 at 3:42pm PDT

In the next picture, the two have swapped sunglasses; Bono is wearing Chesky’s sporty sunnies, while Chesky tries out Bono’s trademark rose-coloured glasses. Chesky was modest, his caption saying, “I got to wear the rose colour glasses but he still looked cooler.”

While Chesky is clearly a fan, it seems the feeling is mutual. Back in 2014, when Airbnb announced it would double its workforce in Ireland, the U2 frontman said Airbnb are a “force to be reckoned with”.