


Employees at Redfin rank Glenn Kelman in the Top 5% of CEOs in Seattle. Similarly, employees at Zillow rank Rich Barton in the Top 10% of CEOs in Seattle. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

CEO of Redfin
BIO: Mr. Glenn Kelman has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Redfin Corporation since March 2006. Mr. Kelman served as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Plumtree Software, Inc. since March 1998. He was a co-founder of Plumtree Software. In his seven years at Plumtree, Mr. Kelman at different times led engineering, marketing, product management and business development. He was also responsible for financing and general operations in Plumtree's first two years. Mr. Kelman served as a senior product manager at Informix Software, a company he joined via the acquisition of Stanford Technology Group, from 1995 to 1997. As a product manager for On-Line Analytical Processing software following Informix Software's acquisition of Stanford Technology Group, Mr. Kelman was involved in designing and launching a major release of Informix Software's On-Line Analytical Processing product line. Mr. Kelman worked as one of the first employees at Stanford Technology Group, a Sequoia-backed start-up acquired by IBM. He has been a Director of Redfin Corporation since March 2006. Mr. Kelman graduated summa cum laude from University of California, Berkeley with a BA in English and 1989 graduate of Interlake High School in Bellevue.

CEO of Zillow
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.

Women at Redfin rated their CEO an A+

Women at Zillow rated their CEO an A+

Diverse Employees at Redfin rated their CEO an A+

Diverse Employees at Zillow rated their CEO an A+




At Redfin, employees in the Engineering department rate Glenn Kelman the highest. According to employees, Glenn Kelman's ability to drive business results is Excellent. At Zillow, the HR department's employees rate their CEO highest. And, 85% of Zillow's employees approve of their CEO's management style.