Zillow Names Tech, Real Estate Vet to New Role

Realtor.com’s former president has been recruited to put his expertise to work as chief industry development officer at Zillow, the company announced.

Errol Samuelson has more than 20 years’ experience in technology and real estate, starting as president of Realtor.com in February 2007 after joining its parent company, Move, Inc., in 2003. In 2013, he was appointed chief strategy officer at Move.

In addition to building and strengthening Zillow’s relationships with brokerages, franchisors, multiple listing services, and trade associations around the country, Samuelson will also assume executive oversight for Zillow’s real estate business-to-business products and tools.

In taking on his new role, Samuelson said his first priority will be to listen to the industry and incorporate its feedback to evolve Zillow’s technology and partnership programs.

“I’m excited about joining Zillow because I believe the company is leading the real estate industry in innovation and serving consumer needs,” he said. “Equally important, I believe the entire management team truly understands the essential role real estate professionals play, is committed to their success, and wants to create deeper, mutually beneficial partnerships with the industry.”

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff said Zillow is “thrilled” for Samuelson’s addition to the team.

“We’ve long admired Errol for his leadership as well as his perspective and approach in advocating on behalf of the real estate industry to embrace and leverage evolving technology and times,” Rascoff said. “We place tremendous value on fostering great partnerships and building innovative products that support our industry partners, and Errol is the right person to lead this new role.”