Apple's Former Retail Chief Angela Ahrendts Joins Airbnb Board

Airbnb Inc. is adding Angela Ahrendts, a high-profile luxury retail executive, to its board of directors.

Ahrendts, 58, joins the home-sharing startup after a five-year stint overhauling Apple Inc.’s retail operations and more than eight years as chief executive officer 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.