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Richard Barton

For other people named Richard Barton, see Richard Barton (disambiguation).

Richard Barton

Richard Barton as a young boy

Born(1790-08-30)30 August 1790

Newport, Isle of Wight, England

Died20 August 1866(1866-08-20) (aged 75)

Trentham, New Zealand

NationalityBritish
Known forEarly New Zealand settler, Establishment of Trentham

Richard Barton (30 August 1790 – 20 August 1866) was the first European resident of Trentham, Upper Hutt, in New Zealand. He was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, England.[1]

He was a Justice of the Peace[2] and Member of Provincial Council in Wellington during the colonial years of New Zealand, serving alongside other pioneers including William B. Rhodes and during the first term of Henry Bunny in 1864.

Early life

Barton's earliest profession is documented as a farmer near Newport on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, England. He was qualified in estate management for some years before progressing to Superintendent of Estates for the Duke of Sutherland in Trentha

Richard N. Barton

✓   Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, Zillow Group, Inc.

Qualifications/Expertise:

  • Co-founder and CEO leadership
  • Technology industry
  • Entrepreneur
  • Operational management
  • Corporate governance

Richard N. Barton is our co-founder and co-executive chairman. Mr. Barton has been a member of our Board since our inception in December 2004, and served as chief executive officer from inception until September 2010, as executive chairman from September 2010 to February 2019, and again as chief executive officer from February 2019 to August 2024. 

Prior to co-founding Zillow, Mr. Barton founded Expedia as a group within Microsoft Corporation in 1994. Microsoft spun out the group as Expedia, Inc., an online travel company (“Expedia”) 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 served as non-executive chairman of Glassdoor, a job search and data site, from June 2007 through the company’s acquisition in June 2018. Mr. Barton also served

Richard Barton Biography


Richard Barton is an entrepreneur and investor with a knack for disrupting and transforming technology industries. This technology speaker is currently co-founder and executive chairman of Zillow Inc. Prior to Zillow Rich founded Expedia inside Microsoft in 1994 at the age of 26 pioneering a new model that gave consumers more control over their travel and demonstrated how powerful e-commerce could be. He built the original Expedia team then spun out the company in a successful IPO in 1999 serving as President Chief Executive Officer and Board Director through the company's acquisition by IAC Corp in 2003. He co-founded Zillow with the goal to bring the same level of transparency to real estate that they brought to travel a decade earlier. Today Zillow has expanded beyond its trademark Zestimate to become the largest real estate platform on mobile and the desktop. Furthermore, in 2007 co-founded Glassdoor a social career and jobs community where he currently serves as non-executive chairman. He is also co-founder of Trover a mobile app helping people fin

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