Richard Barton Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 30

  • Portfolio
  • 6

  • Exits
  • 15

Exits

Richard Barton General Information

Description

Mr. Richard Barton is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Zillow Group. He serves as Board Member & Member of the Audit Committee at Netflix. He served as Board Member at Grab. Mr. Barton also served as Venture Partner at Benchmark. Previously, he served as Board Member at Nextdoor. He has been a member of the Zillow board of directors since its inception in December 2004 and served as Chief Executive Officer from inception until September 2010. Mr. Barton has served as a venture partner at Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm, since February 2005. Prior to co-founding our company, Mr. Barton founded Expedia as a group within Microsoft Corporation in 1994, which Microsoft spun out as Expedia, Inc. 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 has served as Non-Executive Chairman of Glassdoor.com, a salaries and reviews website for companies, since January 2008 and Trover, a mobile discovery network, since March 2010, and serves on the boards of directors of several other privately held companies. Mr. Barton serves on the Board of directors at Liberty Interactive Corporation since 2016. Mr. Barton holds a B.S. in General Engineering: Industrial Economics from Stanford University. He is also an Angel Investor. He served as Board Member at RealSelf.

Contact Information

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
  • Seattle, WA
  • United States

Richard Barton Investments (30)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Empirical 26-Apr-2021 Early Stage VC Beverages Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
Inspo Network 27-Aug-2019 0000 00000 000 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business 0000000 000000
Sigma IQ 23-Jan-2019 0000 00000 00.00 Financial Software Out of Business 0000000 000000
Inspo Network 13-Jun-2018 0000 00000 00.000 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business 0000000 000000
Artsy 17-Jul-2017 00000 00000 0000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
Pike13 29-Dec-2015 00000 00000 00.00 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
Mafengwo 26-Mar-2015 00000 00000 0000 Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
Pike13 23-Dec-2014 00000 00000 000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
TurnKey Vacation Rentals 10-Jun-2014 Seed Round 000 Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure Generating Revenue 0000000 000000
Artsy 18-Apr-2014 Later Stage VC 000.00 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 0000000 000000

Richard Barton Exits (15)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
RealSelf 01-Jul-2022 Secondary Transaction - Private
Sigma IQ 03-Nov-2021 000 00 00000000
Inspo Network 13-Sep-2021 000 00 00000000
Revinate 01-Jun-2021 000000000 00000000
TurnKey Vacation Rentals 01-Apr-2021 000000000000000000
HotelTonight 15-Apr-2019 000000000000000000 00000
Pike13 09-Jan-2018 000000000000000000
Room 77 15-Nov-2016 000000000000000000
Hipmunk 03-Oct-2016 Merger/Acquisition
Qliance Management 04-Mar-2016 Investor Buyout by Management

Richard Barton Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Richard Barton Team (1)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Richard Barton Angel Investor 00 0 0 Seattle, WA

Richard Barton Co-Investors (19)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
PSL Ventures 2 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Cercano Management 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Falcon Partners 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Greycroft 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Lowercase Capital 0 0 Series chart Industry bar