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Zillow CEO Rich Barton and his wife Dr. Sarah Barton are the latest billionaires to sign onto “The Giving Pledge,” a philanthropic initiative created by Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates, the co-founders of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Rich Barton | Photo credit: Zillow Group
The pledge, according to the release announcing the new signees, is “a multi-generational commitment by some of the world’s wealthiest individuals and couples to give a majority of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.”
Barton joined the billionaire club when Zillow, which he co-founded, saw its stock surge in February, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s stock price has only soared even more since then, trading at around $144 per share for the company’s Class A stock, at around Noon, Wednesday.
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A health care worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the University Of Washington Medical Center on December 15, 2020 in Seattle. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
SEATTLE Washington appears to be in a better position than it has been in recent months, between the first round of coronavirus vaccinations and recent trends that suggest the state is making progress in flattening the curve of the latest, record-breaking surge of new COVID-19 infections.
While it appears the state could be turning the situation around, health officials warn that daily case counts remain high, and that residents must continue to follow safety guidelines through the coming weeks to begin reducing the number of infections.
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