Richard Barton Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 30

  • Portfolio
  • 5

  • Exits
  • 16

Exits

Richard Barton General Information

Description

Mr. Richard Barton is a Co-Founder and served 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. He served as Board Member at Year Up. He 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.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate 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
Inspo Network 27-Aug-2019 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
Sigma IQ 23-Jan-2019 Financial Software Out of Business
Inspo Network 13-Jun-2018 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
Artsy 17-Jul-2017 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
Pike13 29-Dec-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Mafengwo 26-Mar-2015 Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
Pike13 23-Dec-2014 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
TurnKey Vacation Rentals 10-Jun-2014 Seed Round Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure Generating Revenue
Artsy 18-Apr-2014 Later Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue

Richard Barton Exits (16)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
TreeRing 01-Jun-2023 Secondary Transaction - Private
RealSelf 01-Jul-2022
Sigma IQ 03-Nov-2021
Inspo Network 13-Sep-2021
Revinate 01-Jun-2021
TurnKey Vacation Rentals 01-Apr-2021
HotelTonight 15-Apr-2019
Pike13 09-Jan-2018
Room 77 15-Nov-2016 Merger/Acquisition
Hipmunk 03-Oct-2016 Merger/Acquisition

Richard Barton Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Richard Barton Co-Investors (8)

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Richard Barton FAQs

  • Who is Richard Barton?

    Richard Barton is an angel Investor who has made 30 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Richard Barton?

    Richard Barton is an angel investor.

  • What does Richard Barton do?

    As an angel investor, Richard Barton invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Richard Barton hold?

    Richard Barton holds 4 board seats including Qurate Retail Group, Artsy, Zillow Group, and Netflix.

  • What has Richard Barton invested in?

    Richard Barton has made numerous investments in companies like Empirical, Inspo Network, and Sigma IQ within the Beverages, Information Services (B2C), and Financial Software industries.

  • What has Richard Barton invested in recently?

    Richard Barton's latest investment was on 26-Apr-2021 in Empirical, a company within the Beverages industry.

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