Barry Diller is the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia, Inc. and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp ("IAC"). He also serves as the Chairman of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel company. With more people booking travel online in Expedia's global marketplace than anywhere else, the company delivers consumers value in leisure and business travel, drives demand for travel suppliers, and providers advertisers opportunities to reach in-market travel consumers. The Expedia, Inc. portfolio of brands includes Expedia.com®, Hotels.com®, Venere.com, Hotwire®, Egencia™ (formerly Expedia Corporate Travel), TripAdvisor®, ExpediaLocalExpert®, ClassicVacations® and eLong™. Expedia, Inc.'s companies operate more than 70 global points of sale in more than 55 countries. Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world's leading airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites, and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia Affiliate Network.
IAC is a leading internet company with more than 35 fast-growing, highly-related brands serving loyal consumer audiences. Its mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for all people all over the world. Some of IAC's businesses include Ask.com, Match.com, Citysearch, Evite, ServiceMagic and Gifts.com.
Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. consists of Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group. As the world's leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, Ticketmaster operates in 19 global markets providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the internet; approximately 6,700 retail outlets and 19 worldwide call centers. Some of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.'s websites include Ticketmaster, TicketsNow, liveDaily, iLike and Emma Entertainment.
Since December 1992, beginning with QVC, Mr. Diller has served as chief executive for a number of predecessor companies engaged in media and interactivity prior to the formation of IAC.
From October 1984 to April 1992, Mr. Diller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. and was responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company in addition to Fox's motion picture operations.
Before joining Fox, Mr. Diller served for ten years as the Chairman and Chief Executive of Paramount Pictures Corporation. In March 1983, in addition to Paramount, Mr. Diller became President of the conglomerate's newly formed Entertainment and Communications Group, which included Simon & Schuster, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corporation and SEGA Enterprises, Inc. Prior to joining Paramount, Mr. Diller served as Vice President of Prime Time Television for ABC Entertainment.
Mr. Diller was born in San Francisco and raised in Beverly Hills. He serves on the boards of The Washington Post Company and the Coca-Cola Company. He is also a trustee of New York University and serves on the Executive Board for the Medical Sciences at UCLA, in addition to the boards of Conservation International and the Board of Councilors for the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. Mr. Diller is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
