Rich Barton
Rich Barton is currently Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair at Zillow, Board Director at Netflix, and Partner at Sea 2 Sky Partners. He founded Expedia, which went public, Glassdoor, and Zillow, which also went public and where he remains involved. His expertise includes entrepreneurship and leadership in technology-driven companies.
What's going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj's long game, and a smartphone detox
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Seattle startup funding drops 40% in the first half of the year while AI money floods everywhere else. We dig into the numbers and the implications for the region. Plus: a Seattle judge deals Kalshi a setback, Impinj marks a decade on the Nasdaq after a 26-year climb, and nearly 40 Seattleites trade their smartphones for flip phones for five weeks. Related Stories Venture funding drops in Seattle area as AI boom reshapes startup world Helion raises $465M at $15.5B valuation as it aims to commercialize fusion UK data center startup Nscale bets big…
Rich Barton (Co-Founder of Expedia & Zillow) on how to name your company
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Rich Barton | Co-Founder of Zillow, Expedia, and Glassdoor
Rich Barton is the CEO and co-founder of Zillow Group, where he leads the company’s work to transform how people buy, sell, rent, and finance homes. Zillow is a real estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 and has literally become a household name. Prior to Zillow, Rich also founded the online travel company and Microsoft spinoff, Expedia, as well as job search engine and career community, Glassdoor. Barton was also a venture partner at Benchmark and is on the Board of Directors of Netflix, Nextdoor, Artsy, and more. * Brought to you by Outer. Outer makes the world’s…
Rich Barton: Understanding Our Need for Autonomy
Zillow Group Co-Founder Rich Barton describes how the desire for direct access to information is the underlying reason why consumer-facing platforms like Expedia and the various real-estate sites in his group have succeeded. Regardless of industry, people want facts that will allow them to make their own decisions, especially in deeply personal areas like finance and leisure, Barton says. View more clips and share your comments at http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=5702
Rich Barton: Empower People with Information [Entire Talk]
There was a time, not long ago, when information we desperately wanted wasn’t at our fingertips. What’s the best deal on flights to New York? How much does that home down the street cost? Serial entrepreneur Rich Barton has made a career out of providing all those juicy details by launching platforms such as Expedia, Zillow and the company-review site Glassdoor. He shares his journey and advice for the next generation of entrepreneurs. View more clips and share your comments at http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=5700
Rich Barton, Founder of Zillow, on the Genisis of Glassdoor
The Hudson Union www.hudsonunionsociety.com is where everyone comes to be inspired, to change our world. Check us out on Twitter @ActualJoePascal Entrepreneurs are lucky to have one big score. Richard Barton has had a string of them, by repeatedly asking the same simple question: What piece of marketplace information do people crave and don’t have? His answers have led to Internet businesses that seem to have little to do with one another. But the information they provide has often provoked anxiety among professionals in the categories his sites serve. Nearly 20 years ago, back in the web’s Cambrian Period, Barton…
Rich Barton, Founder of Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor
Imagine owning Amazon.com (up over an insane 4,000% since 2001) when Internet sales rendered big-box retailers obsolete... Now an industry 99% of us use daily is set to implode... And 3 established companies are positioned to take advantage. Click http://bit.ly/1zQXjzy for a stunning presentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to The Motley Fool's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/TheMotleyFool Or, follow our Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/+MotleyFool/posts Inside The Motley Fool: Check out our Culture Blog! http://culture.fool.com Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/themotleyfool Follow The Motley Fool on Twitter: https://twitter.com/themotleyfool
Organizations
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Sea 2 Sky Partners Partner 2025–present · current
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Zillow Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair 2024–present, CEO 2019–2024, Executive Chairman 2010–2019, CEO 2004–2010, Former CEO · current
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Netflix Board Director 2002–present · current
Education
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Stanford University B.S. General Engineering: Industrial Economics, ENGINEERING · 1985–1989
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New Canaan High School 1981–1985
