# Rich Barton (slim)

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

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Founder, Expedia.

Rich Barton founded Expedia as a Microsoft spin-off and later co-founded Zillow and Glassdoor.

## 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.

### What does Expedia Group make?

Anchor Terminal lists Expedia Group Rapid API from Expedia Group.

### 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.

These 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.