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Fireside Chat with Rich Barton

Rich was the co-founder of two of the most successful companies in Seattle history, Expedia and Zillow. His career has been the stuff of legend, and he has a wealth of experience to share. Join us for a fireside chat with Rich, and be sure to bring your best questions. 

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Rich Barton

Rich is the co-founder and co-executive chairman of Zillow. Rich has been a member of Zillow’s Board since its inception in 2004 and served as chief executive officer and/or executive chairman ever since. 

Before Zillow, Rich founded Expedia within Microsoft in 1994 and successfully spun the company out as a public company in 1999. He served as president, CEO, and board director of Expedia until 2003. He also co-founded and served as Chairman of Glassdoor from 2007 to 2018.

Rich was a venture partner at Benchmark Capital from 2005 until 2018. He’s served on several private and public company boards and continues to be a board director for Netflix, Qurate, Stanford Board of Trustees and Zillow Group. He earned a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering: Industrial Economics from Stanford University.

10

Jul

Thu

in-person
  • WHERE

    Redmond
  • WHEN

    4:15 PM - 7:00 PM
  • SPEAKER

    Rich Barton

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