Bill Gates did not want his daughter Phoebe to abandon the college to start business

Bill Gates abandoned Harvard to start Microsoft, but that does not mean that he supports the idea of ​​his daughter, Phoebe Gates, not ending the college.

On her new podcast, “The Burnnets”, in which she and her Cohost Sophia Kianni discuss the launching trip of their digital fashion startup, Phia – Gates explained how her parents reacted to her want to start a business. The first episode of the podcast was broadcast on April 1.

“I literally never hear my father talking about the start of Microsoft,” Gates told Kianni. “I literally remember especially since he talked about the foundation. I remember that I wanted to start the business and that he said to himself:” Are you sure you want to do this? “”

Gates is the youngest girl of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, who divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. She has two older brothers and sisters, Jennifer and Rory.

Gates said her parents were “really careful” when she mentioned the idea of ​​abandoning the university.

“They really looked like:” You have to finish your diploma; You don’t just like to give up and make a business. “What is so funny because my father has literally did it and that’s why I am able to go to Stanford or make my tuition fees pay,” said Gates.

Gates also declared on the podcast that she always felt a strong need to prove himself – especially when she entered Stanford – because of her history.

“I entered, I said to myself:” I am so privileged, I am a baby nepo “,” she said. “I had so much insecurity around that, and I have the impression that it is so difficult when you are a first -year student at university because you have no experience. You have nothing.”

Gates obtained a diploma in human biology last year.

“I knew I had to get there if I could, because I wanted to watch my mother deliver the speech of the start of this year as a graduate,” Gates in Nylon told an interview in June.

Phia, his startup, is still in the pre-launch phase. The official platform website promises “a new way to shop online”. More information is available.

On a recent podcast, Bill Gates said that his children would inherit less than 1% of his wealth.

“You know, in my case, you know, my children have obtained excellent education and great education, but, you know, less than 1% of total wealth. Because I decided that it would not be a favor for them,” said Bill Gates during an appearance of March 29 on the Podcast “to find with Raj Shamani”.

“You know, it’s not a dynasty. You know, I don’t ask them to execute Microsoft. I want to give them a chance to have their own income and success, you know, be significant and not overshadowed by the incredible chance and the good fortune that I had,” he said.

The net value of Bill Gates is $ 149 billion, which makes him the most rich sixth person in the world, according to the Bloomberg billionaire index.

The private office of Bill Gates and Phoebe Gates did not immediately respond to requests for BI comments.