Chris Barton (businessman): Difference between revisions

After conceiving the idea for [[Shazam (application)|Shazam]] in late 1999, Barton co-founded Shazam in 2000, alongside Philip Inghelbrecht and Dhiraj Mukherjee as co-founders, and later, Avery Wang as the fourth co-founder.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheppard |first=Emma |date=2016-12-07 |title=Shazam co-founder: 'We were growing a business in a collapsing market' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2016/dec/07/shazam-co-founder-we-were-growing-a-business-in-a-collapsing-market |access-date=2023-09-10 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillies |first=Trent |date=2015-06-14 |title=Shazam names that tune, drawing in money and users |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/14/shazam-names-that-tune-drawing-in-money-and-users.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampat |first=Rahul |title=Snaps & claps: the story of Berkeley alums and Shazam's $400M Apple acquisition |url=https://blogs.haas.berkeley.edu/the-berkeley-mba/uc-berkeley-grads-shazam-acquisition |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=blogs.haas.berkeley.edu |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Holl |first=Kristi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Shazam-Its-Creators-Internet-Biographies/dp/1477779256 |title=Shazam and Its Creators |date=2014-12-30 |publisher=Rosen Young Adult |isbn=978-1-4777-7925-5 |language=English}}</ref> Barton held positions including CEO and Board Director, until 2018 when Shazam was acquired by Apple.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="pod">{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=Julie |date=2023-05-31 |title=Chris Barton on the story of Shazam, doing the impossible and a start from zero mindset |url=https://juliemasters.com/chris-barton-on-the-story-of-shazam-doing-the-impossible-and-a-start-from-zero-mindset/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=JULIE MASTERS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />

 

 

===Google and Dropbox===

From 2004 until 2016, Barton held roles at [[Google]] and [[Dropbox]], focusing on areas such as [[Android (operating system)|Android]] business development and establishing partnerships with mobile operators.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=2023-09-13 |title=In Antitrust Trial, Former Google Employee Details History of Search Deals |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/technology/google-search-antitrust.html |access-date=2023-09-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Barton was the first business development employee at Google to focus on mobile partnerships.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Googler testifies under DOJ grilling that his priority was default status for the search engine on mobile |url=https://fortune.com/2023/09/13/google-antitrust-trial-department-justice-default-search-engine-mobile/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

Barton was a witness at the ''[[United States v. Google LLC (2023)|United States v. Google LLC]]'' antimonopoly trial held in Washington D.C. in 2023.<ref name=":9"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Google Trial Spills Details on Search Engine’s Deals With Apple, Samsung |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-trial-spills-details-on-search-engines-deals-with-apple-samsung-f8aaa467 |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=WSJ}}</ref>