✓ Co-founder and co-executive chairman, Zillow Group, Inc.
Qualifications/Expertise:
- Co-founder and CEO leadership
- Technology industry
- Entrepreneur
- Operational management
- Corporate governance
Richard N. Barton is our co-founder and co-executive chairman. Mr. Barton has been a member of our Board since our inception in December 2004, and served as chief executive officer from inception until September 2010, as executive chairman from September 2010 to February 2019, and again as chief executive officer from February 2019 to August 2024.
Prior to co-founding Zillow, Mr. Barton founded Expedia as a group within Microsoft Corporation in 1994. Microsoft spun out the group as Expedia, Inc., an online travel company (“Expedia”) in 1999, and Mr. Barton served as Expedia’s president, chief executive officer, and as a member of its board of directors from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Barton also co-founded and served as non-executive chairman of Glassdoor, a job search and data site, from June 2007 through the company’s acquisition in June 2018. Mr. Barton also served as a venture partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm, from February 2005 through September 2018.
Mr. Barton currently sits on the board of trustees at his alma mater, Stanford University.
Additional Company Board Service:
- Netflix, Inc. (a public online media subscription provider), since 2002; currently serves on the Audit Committee
- Qurate Retail, Inc. (formerly Liberty Interactive Corporation) (a public holding company of businesses in the electronic retailing, media, communications, and entertainment industries), since 2016; currently serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Education: Bachelor of Science in General Engineering: Industrial Economics from Stanford University.