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Jeremy Wacksman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
547 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

I mean, the other part of the Zillow history is we didn't start that way, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

Because back then there wasn't this sort of internet powered set of MLS rules.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

They were before the internet.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

They hadn't thought about this.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

So we had to go sign up and get all these things on our own.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And we did that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And we built these great brands and consumer experiences.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And then I think the industry kind of caught up.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

I don't answer both those questions.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

The company structure pre and post my taking over CEO didn't change too dramatically, mostly because the CEO transition was pretty planned, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

So I was COO before and we really planned for succession.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And so we started organizing the company back then.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

So the question probably is better answered as how did we set up the company at that stage?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And that's largely how it's structured now.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

We are...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

I'm sure you get this a lot.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

We're kind of a classic matrix.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

We have functional teams and functional expertise that then sits alongside business groups for our most mature businesses.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

So great product marketing, engineering, and design teams that are fully integrated with dedicated leaders that matrix into the business team.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

And most of our mature businesses are run in one group.