CEO Today USA Awards
ABOUT RICH BARTON As chief executive officer of Zillow Group, Rich oversees the company’s portfolio of real estate and home-related brands, including Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads, Naked Apartments and Out East. Rich co-founded Zillow in 2005 to empower consumers with information and improve the way people buy and sell homes. Rich has a long history of founding and advising successful companies, with a focus on those that bring “power to the people” by innovating on behalf of the consumer. Before Zillow, Rich founded Expedia within Microsoft in 1994 and successfully spun the company out as a public company in 1999. Rich served as president, CEO and board director of Expedia from 1999 until 2003. He also co-founded and served as non-executive chairman of Glassdoor from its 2007 founding through its acquisition in 2018. CEO Today USA Awards 2019 www.ceotodaymagazine.com - W A S H I N G T O N - 118 RICH BARTON CEO of Zwillow Group FIRM PROFILE Zillow Group houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real estate and home-related brands on the web and mobile. The company’s brands focus on all stages of the home lifecycle: renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. ZillowGroup is committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data, inspiration and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with the right local professionals to help. In addition, Zillow Group develops a comprehensive suite of marketing software and technology solutions to help real estate, rental and mortgage professionals maximize business opportunities and connect with millions of consumers. Zillow Group’s portfolio includes: Zillow®, the leading real estate and rental marketplace dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with the best local professionals who can help. Trulia® helps buyers and renters find a place where they will love to live. With insights sourced straight from locals and over 34 neighborhood map overlays like crime and schools, Trulia offers a deeper understanding of what living in a home and a neighborhood is really like. StreetEasy ® , New York City’s leading local real estate marketplace, providing accurate and comprehensive for-sale and for-rent listings from hundreds of real estate brokerages throughout New York City and the major NYC metropolitan area. HotPads ® , a map-based apartment and home rental search brand, and a top destination for renters in urban areas across the United States. Naked Apartments ® , New York City’s largest rentals-only platform, provides innovative tools and quality listings so renters can simply and quickly find their apartment, and makes it easier for brokers and landlords to connect with renters to fill available apartments faster. Out East, the ultimate online destination for Hamptons real estate, provides insider tips and locally penned guides that complement a hyper-customized shopping experience that lets buyers and renters search by town and see a home’s proximity to beaches, farmers markets, transportation options, and other local points of interest. Zillow Home Loans (NMLS #10287, an Equal Housing Lender), a national provider of online mortgage lending services. In addition, Zillow Group houses the business brands Bridge Interactive, Dotloop ® , Mortech ® and Zillow Premier Agent. The company is headquartered in Seattle and trades on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols Z and ZG. www.zillowgroup.com
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