| Matthieu Jost | |
| Birth Place: | Orsay |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
| Known For: | Founder - misterb&b & MyGayTrip |
| Website: | www.brak.comMatthieu 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. 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. 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. 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]