Prior to its IPO, Expedia, Inc. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT). Following the initial public offering, Expedia, Inc. became a separate company, but still has a contractual relationship with and is still majority-owned by Microsoft.
Richard Barton owns Expedia Inc. He was a former Microsoft executive and started Expedia in 1996.
The company was founded within the offices of the Microsoft Corporation and spun off into a separate unit in 1999.
Microsoft Corporation, 1991-1994, product manager, then general manager of Expedia unit, 1994-1999
In the fourth quarter of 1999 Microsoft spun off Expedia (while still maintaining a controlling interest) with an initial public offering (IPO) of $14 per share.
In July 2001 Microsoft agreed to sell control of Expedia for an estimated $1.3 billion to 's USA Interactive, the cable television company
Expedia was founded in the USA in 1996 as a division of Microsoft Incorporated. It was then purchased by Ticketmaster in 2001, and spun off into a company of multiple vacation bargain hunting services in 2005.
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