Richard Barton Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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30
- Portfolio
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6
- Exits
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15

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
- Seattle, WA
- United States
Richard Barton Investments (30)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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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 |
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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
Richard Barton Team (1)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Richard Barton | Angel Investor | 00 | 0 | 0 | Seattle, WA |
Richard Barton Co-Investors (19)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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PSL Ventures | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Cercano Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Falcon Partners | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Greycroft | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Lowercase Capital | 0 | 0 |
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