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Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 363

TOTAL RATINGS: 4021

CEO: Rich Barton

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Rich Barton Zillow CEO Rating

Zillow's CEO, Rich Barton, has 304 employee ratings and a score of 81/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees and Top 10% of other companies in Seattle. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Zillow rate Rich Barton higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 86/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Zillow's CEO Rating

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In the Top 5% of 1808 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 10% of 140 Nearby Companies in Seattle
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Zillow CEO Rich Barton Bio

Rich leads the company’s work to transform how people buy, sell, rent and finance homes. Rich co-founded Zillow in 2005 and served as CEO until 2010, when he became the company’s executive chairman. He returned as CEO in early 2019.

Before Zillow, Rich founded Expedia within Microsoft in 1994 and successfully spun the company out as a public company in 1999. He served as president, CEO and board director of Expedia from 1999 until 2003. He also co-founded and served as non-executive chairman of Glassdoor from 2007 to 2018.

Rich was a venture partner at Benchmark from 2005 until 2018. He’s served on many public company boards and continues to be a board director for Netflix, Qurate, Artsy, and Zillow Group. He earned a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering: Industrial Economics from Stanford University.

Who Ranks Zillow's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - HR 98/100

Department - Customer Support 94/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 92/100

Who Ranks Zillow's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino 73/100

Ethnicity - Other 74/100

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 75/100

Zillow CEO Rich Barton At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Zillow.

Based on 304 ratings, Rich Barton ranks right below Redfin's CEO, Glenn Kelman.

Zillow's CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, the Customer Support department, and African American/Black employees. However, Hispanic or Latino employees and employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.