AI BriefingPeter Coles's Journey to Airbnb
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Airbnb Director of Data Science Peter Coles shares how he transitioned from academia to industry while studying market economics.
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Peter Coles, Lead Economist for Policy and Director of Data Science at Airbnb, has explored how markets work by moving between academia and industry.
Having majored in mathematics at Princeton University and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University, he studied the intersection of game theory and strategy. He later built on this theoretical foundation by teaching alongside Al Roth, a Nobel laureate in economics and pioneer of Market Design, at Harvard Business School (HBS).
Rather than staying confined to theory, he sought to understand markets through real data. After a stint at eBay, he joined Airbnb, where he directly analyzes vast amounts of data generated by millions of guests and hosts, making a tangible impact on product development and policy decisions.
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