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By Natalie Lung

December 5, 2023 at 4:48 PM UTC

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Airbnb Inc. elevated Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson to a new role overseeing its business strategy, including the home-sharing company’s overseas expansion.

Stephenson, who has been the company’s finance head since 2019, will be Airbnb’s first chief business officer, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Ellie Mertz, a finance executive who has been at the company 11 years, will take over as CFO.