Rich Barton
Co-founder and CEO
Description:
Rich Barton is co-founder and the CEO of Zillow and served as the company's first chief executive officer from 2005 until September 2010.Before co-founding Zillow, Barton served as the president, chief executive officer, and board director at [Expedia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/expedia), which he founded inside Microsoft in the mid-90’s, spun out into EXPE through a successful IPO in 1999, and remained as CEO until 2003. Barton co-founded [Glassdoor](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/glassdoor) in 2007 with [Robert Hohman](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-hohman) and [Tim Besse](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tim-besse). In 2010, he co-founded a mobile discovery app called [Trover](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/trover). Barton is a venture partner at [Benchmark](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/benchmark) and is on the boards of directors at [Netflix](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/netflix), [Avvo](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avvo), [RealSelf](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/realself), [Nextdoor](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nextdoor) and [Artsy] (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/art-sy). In 2014, Barton was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in general engineering: industrial economics from Stanford University.
Summary:
Rich Barton is co-founder and the CEO of Zillow and served as the company's first chief executive officer from 2005 until September 2010.Bef...
Number of Registered Investments:12
Contact Details:
- Address: Seattle, Washington, United States
- No email is provided
Location:Seattle, Washington, United States
Email is Not Provided
Phone Number:Seattle, Washington, United States
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