Rich Barton

For other people named Richard Barton, see Richard Barton (disambiguation).

Richard Barton
BornJune 2, 1967 (1967-06-02) (age 57)
OccupationCo-executive chairman of Zillow Group
Known forFounder of Expedia, Founder of Zillow, Founder of Glassdoor

Richard Barton (born June 2, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur who is the co-executive chairman and a former two-time chief executive officer of Zillow Group, a company he co-founded in 2006. Barton founded online travel company (and Microsoft spinoff) Expedia, Inc., real-estate internet company Zillow, and job search engine and career community Glassdoor. He also founded the online travel photography sharing website and app Trover, which was acquired by Expedia in 2016.[1] Barton was also a venture partner at Benchmark,[2] and is on the board of directors for Netflix, Avvo, Nextdoor,[3] and Artsy. He serves on the Stanford University Board of Trustees. [4]

In 2002, he was named as one of the top 10 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review.[5] In April 2012, he was named to Barack Obama's Presidential Ambassadors for Continental Entrepreneurship.[6]

  1. ^ Nickelsburg, Monica (July 20, 2016). "Acquisition-hungry Expedia gobbles up Rich Barton's travel photography startup Trover". GeekWire. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Schaal, Dennis. "The Definitive Oral History of Online Travel". Skift. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Nextdoor launches. Includes Rich Barton of Zillow on board of directors". Vendor Alley. October 26, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Board Members". Stanford University Board of Trustees. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "Innovator Under 35: Richard Barton, 34". MIT Technology Review Magazine. MIT Technology Review, Cambridge, MA. 2002. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  6. ^ Pritzker, Penny (April 10, 2014). "Announcing President Obama's New Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved August 9, 2019 – via National Archives.