Rich is co-founder and Executive Chairman of Zillow. He served as the company’s Chief Executive Officer from the company’s inception in 2005 until September 2010 when he passed the baton to Spencer Rascoff. Before co-founding Zillow, Rich founded Expedia inside Microsoft in 1994. Expedia was spun out of Microsoft in a 1999 IPO and Rich served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director until 2003. Rich is also co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Glassdoor, a social career and jobs community, where you can rate and review your company, search for jobs, and see how your salary stacks up internally and externally. He also is co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Seattle-based Trover, a mobile app helping people find and share their “discoveries” around the world. In addition, Rich dedicates time as a venture partner at Benchmark Capital and serving on the boards of directors at Netflix, Avvo, RealSelf, NextDoor, and YearUp. He is also an active angel investor with stakes in innovative startups such as Hotel Tonight, Hipmunk, Room 77, Decide, Qliance, Duetto, Seattle Bank, Revinate, and Frontdesk. Rich earned a bachelor's in General Engineering: Industrial Economics from Stanford University.
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Executive Chairman & Co-Founder @ From February 2005 to Present (10 years 9 months) Chairman & Co-Founder @ From June 2007 to Present (8 years 5 months) Chairman & Co-Founder @ From January 2011 to Present (4 years 10 months) Greater Seattle AreaVenture Partner @ From February 2005 to Present (10 years 9 months) Board Director @ From February 2002 to Present (13 years 9 months) Board Director @ From February 2011 to Present (4 years 9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaBoard Director @ From June 2008 to Present (7 years 5 months) Board Director @ From June 2006 to Present (9 years 5 months) Board Director @ From January 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) Seattle, WABoard Director @ From January 2008 to January 2013 (5 years 1 month) CEO and Founder @ From April 1994 to March 2003 (9 years) General Manager @ From May 1991 to November 1999 (8 years 7 months)
B.S. General Engineering: Industrial Economics @ Stanford University From 1985 to 1989 New Canaan High School From 1981 to 1985 Rich Barton is skilled in: E-commerce, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Product Management, Entrepreneurship, Capital Raising
Websites:
http://hopperanddropper.com/,
http://www.zillow.com/,
http://www.glassdoor.com