Real estate website Zillow in 2013 added some 27 million net users, equal to its gains during the previous six years combined. A $40 million yearlong TV ad campaign spurred much of that growth as the Seattle company worked to make its name more visible in a crowded industry. IBD spoke with Zillow (Z) CEO Spencer Rascoff about what he expects from the 2014 real estate market, why his company is pushing rentals and whether we’ll soon see a Google
Michael Farrell ResMed Inc. CEO 41 years old B.S., engineering, University of New South Wales; MBA and M.S,, chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Of note: On the boards of the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Children’s Museum of San Diego When Michael Farrell took the helm of ResMed in March, he came aboard in interesting times. His father, Peter Farrell, had founded and built the company into a leader in devices to
Rowan Trollope loves a tough challenge — like getting room-sized systems down to mobile phone size. That is indeed one of the goals of the senior vice president at Cisco Systems (CSCO), who is charged with returning growth to the networking gear leader’s stagnant collaboration business. This business sells goods and services that help companies use video to connect meetings and share information. Revenue for Cisco’s collaboration business, which