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  "markdown": "Founder, Expedia.\n\nRich Barton founded Expedia as a Microsoft spin-off and later co-founded Zillow and Glassdoor. He is co-executive chairman of Zillow Group and has twice been its CEO.\n\n## What Rich builds\n\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md), graded E, 43.1/100, in Travel \u0026 booking. Expedia Group's lodging distribution API for partners, with shop, price check, book, change and cancel on Expedia's hotel inventory, plus content, geography and typeahead endpoints. Founder, Expedia, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Salman Malik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/salman-malik/), Director of Product Management, Expedia Group B2B; Rapid Lodging API team hiring leader\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Rich Barton?\n\nRich Barton founded Expedia as a Microsoft spin-off and later co-founded Zillow and Glassdoor. He is co-executive chairman of Zillow Group and has twice been its CEO.\n\n### What does Expedia Group make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Expedia Group Rapid API from Expedia Group. Expedia Group's lodging distribution API for partners, with shop, price check, book, change and cancel on Expedia's hotel inventory, plus content, geography and typeahead endpoints.\n\n### How are Rich's tools graded?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API is graded E, 43.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salmanmunirmalik_product-manager-iii-rapid-api-post-booking-activity-7507801557623808000-Hx4J\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmanmunirmalik\n- https://support.expediapartnersolutions.com/\n- https://developers.expediagroup.com/docs/support\n- https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/support\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedia_Group\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Barton\n\nNot the same person as [Rich Barton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rich-barton-2/) (Zillow Group), as far as the research can tell.\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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