Matthieu Jost | |
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Born | Orsay |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Founder - misterb&b & MyGayTrip |
Website | www.brak.com Matthieu Jost |
Matthieu Jost is a French entrepreneur and the founder and chief executive officer of the websites misterb&b and MyGayTrip. [1] He has been ranked top 100 most inspirational and influential LGBTQ+ leader in the world by Out Magazine. [1]
Jost founded the French media company Taplanete in 2003. [2] The company published Internet sites for television shows and music and was purchased by AlloCiné in 2004. [2] Later, Jost founded MyGayTrip which has been referred to as a TripAdvisor-type site for the LGBT community. MyGayTrip was a joint venture along with Marc Dedonder and the French magazine Têtu. [3]
Jost founded misterb&b after a trip to Barcelona. [4] He rented a room in a shared apartment and was treated badly by the owner, who was not expecting a gay couple. [4] Feeling uncomfortable, Jost returned to Paris the next day. [5] This experience inspired him to create a platform for people to travel to welcoming environments. [4] Misterb&b started as a combination of MyGayTrip and the short-term apartment rental service Sejourning, and it has since developed into an Airbnb-like platform for the LGBT community. [6]
Misterb&b now has over 300,000 hosts in 135 countries. [7]
Matthieu Jost and misterb&b have been selected to join Expedia Group accelerator program, which aims to help undeserved communities travel more easily across the world. [8] [9]
Matthieu Jost | |
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Born | Orsay |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Founder - misterb&b & MyGayTrip |
Website | www.brak.com Matthieu Jost |
Matthieu Jost is a French entrepreneur and the founder and chief executive officer of the websites misterb&b and MyGayTrip. [1] He has been ranked top 100 most inspirational and influential LGBTQ+ leader in the world by Out Magazine. [1]
Jost founded the French media company Taplanete in 2003. [2] The company published Internet sites for television shows and music and was purchased by AlloCiné in 2004. [2] Later, Jost founded MyGayTrip which has been referred to as a TripAdvisor-type site for the LGBT community. MyGayTrip was a joint venture along with Marc Dedonder and the French magazine Têtu. [3]
Jost founded misterb&b after a trip to Barcelona. [4] He rented a room in a shared apartment and was treated badly by the owner, who was not expecting a gay couple. [4] Feeling uncomfortable, Jost returned to Paris the next day. [5] This experience inspired him to create a platform for people to travel to welcoming environments. [4] Misterb&b started as a combination of MyGayTrip and the short-term apartment rental service Sejourning, and it has since developed into an Airbnb-like platform for the LGBT community. [6]
Misterb&b now has over 300,000 hosts in 135 countries. [7]
Matthieu Jost and misterb&b have been selected to join Expedia Group accelerator program, which aims to help undeserved communities travel more easily across the world. [8] [9]