Apple's Former Retail Chief Angela Ahrendts Joins Airbnb Board

Angela Ahrednts's, the high-profile luxury retail executive, appointment comes at a time when the start-up is pushing for more luxury home listings.

The highly successful executive joins the home-sharing start-up after a five-year stint overhauling Apple Inc.’s retail operations and more than eight years as chief executive of British high-end fashion house Burberry Group Plc. Airbnb, which is preparing for a public stock offering next year, has been broadening its mission to become an end-to-end travel company, and has been moving to add more luxury listings to its six million homes on offer.

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.

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