So I'm new to this whole AR thing, but apparently I've been "meme'd" which apparently means that I have to tell you all 5 things that you don't know about me. So here goes:

1. I was a chess prodigy when I was a kid. I was #4 in the country 12-and-under -- when I was like 9 years old. I led my elementary school (Dalton) to two national championships. I was hardcore -- I used to travel across the country to play in tournaments most weekends. When I moved from NY to LA at age 12 I gave chess up for a more "normal" childhood.

2. I have lived in the following cities, in this order: NY, LA, Boston, NY, San Francisco and Seattle.

3. I went to Harvard and then was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before moving to San Francisco to do private equity investing. Then, in 1999, I was bitten by the startup bug and I co-founded an online travel company called Hotwire.com. Four years later we sold the company to Expedia and I moved to Seattle where I hooked up with the Expedia executive team who decided to start Zillow together in 2005.

4. I eat Chinese food pretty much every day. Except the days that I eat Japanese or Thai food.

5. My wife is a pediatrician. We started dating when we were 17 years old. And lastly but most importantly, I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who is the most amazing things in the world and I adore with all my heart.

So now I get to do this same torture to 3 people? I guess 3 of the first people who commented on my opening post are the lucky winners:  Dave Cheatham, Lisa Heindel, and Peg Gilliland.