# Rich Barton

> Rich Barton is founder of Expedia. Expedia Group Rapid API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder, Expedia.

Rich 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.

## What Rich builds

- [Expedia Group Rapid API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md), graded E, 43.1/100, in Travel & 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.

## Works with

- [Salman Malik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/salman-malik/), Director of Product Management, Expedia Group B2B; Rapid Lodging API team hiring leader

## Questions

### Who is Rich Barton?

Rich 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.

### What does Expedia Group make?

Anchor 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.

### How are Rich's tools graded?

Expedia Group Rapid API is graded E, 43.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salmanmunirmalik_product-manager-iii-rapid-api-post-booking-activity-7507801557623808000-Hx4J
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmanmunirmalik
- https://support.expediapartnersolutions.com/
- https://developers.expediagroup.com/docs/support
- https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/support
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedia_Group
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Barton

Not the same person as [Rich Barton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rich-barton-2/) (Zillow Group), as far as the research can tell.

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