Zillow Group, Inc.
Market Data Current As Of: August 17, 2026
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Company History
Founded 2006 in Seattle, Washington, United States
Rich Barton founded Zillow to empower consumers with free access to residential property data and automated valuations, building the definitive digital hub for American real estate.
Rich Barton is the visionary co-founder and Executive Chairman of Zillow. Renowned for his 'Power to the People' philosophy of democratizing opaque industries, Barton led Zillow as CEO from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2019 to 2024, guiding the company through its 2011 IPO, the Trulia merger, and the strategic pivot to the Housing Super App.
Lloyd Frink is the co-founder and Vice Chairman of Zillow Group. Frink played a pivotal role in formulating Zillow's early product strategy, mobile app development, data architecture, and executive governance.
Acquired its largest online real estate portal rival to unify consumer audience reach and advertising scale.
Acquired digital real estate transaction management and e-signature software platform.
Acquired the dominant real estate home showing management and scheduling platform.
Acquired the premier CRM software platform used by high-performing residential real estate agent teams.
Zillow was founded in 2006 by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink in Seattle, Washington.
Zillow closed its iBuying division in late 2021 after algorithmic forecasting errors during unpredictable housing market shifts caused significant inventory write-downs.
Zillow acquired rival real estate portal Trulia in 2015 for $2.5 billion in an all-stock transaction.
Launched on launch day in 2006, the Zestimate was the first free, publicly available automated valuation model (AVM) for US residential homes.