SEATTLE -- Rich Barton, the former
president and CEO of Expedia has resurfaced and teamed with another
ex-Expedia official to create an Internet start-up here.
If this sounds
familiar -- with echoes of the former Expedia, Orbitz and
Travelocity officials who jointly founded travel search company
start-up Kayak -- it isnt.
Barton and former
Expedia Senior Vice President Lloyd Frink are developing Zillow, a
consumer-Internet company focusing on residential real estate. The
details are sketchy, but a few more tidbits are available at www.zillow.com.
Barton, who left
Expedia in March 2003, is chairman and CEO of Zillow.
In February, he took
on another role as well becoming a partner in venture technology
company Benchmark Capital, based in Menlo Park, Calif. Barton also
fulfills board member roles on Netflix and
AtomShockwave.
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