Phoebe Gates launched his business without the help of his father.
Bill Gates admitted on Thursday that he feared that his 22 -year -old daughter “came to ask her” to finance when she founded an electronic commerce startup with the entrepreneur Sophia Kianni.
The co-founder of Microsoft, who has a net value of $ 108 billion, told the New York Times that his first thought was: “Oh, my boy”.
While Bill, 69, said that he would probably have helped finance Phia, he added that Phoebe “fortunately” had never asked.
“I would have kept her in a short leash and make commercial criticisms, which I would have found delicate,” said the businessman about his hesitation. “And I would probably have been too nice but I wondered if it was the right thing to do.”
The graduate of the University of Stanford launched Phia last week, the site using artificial intelligence to help sustainable buyers find the best electronic commerce offers.
The newspaper reported that Bill, who is also the father of daughter Jennifer Gates, 29, and his son Rory Gates, 25, only advised his youngest child on personnel issues.
As for his ex-wife, Melinda Gates, the 60-year-old has intentionally fell to allow Phoebe to “learn and fail”.
Phoebe noted: “She saw this as a real opportunity for (CE).”
She recently admitted that she had experienced “insecurity” working on Phia as a “baby nepo” with “privileges”, telling the listeners “burnnets” that she felt a “desire to prove (her).”
Phoebe graduated from the school in 2021, who studies human biology at the University of Stanford.
When she graduated in 2024, Phoebe confirmed her romance with the grandson of Paul McCartney, Arthur Donald.
As for his brothers and sisters, Jennifer is a budding doctor ending his residence at Mont Sinai, while Rory continues a doctorate at the World Politics Institute.
Bill revealed to the Podcastor Raj Shamani earlier this month that his children will inherit “less than 1%” of his massive wealth when he died.
He explained: “I want to give them a chance to have their own income and success, to be significant and not overshadowed by the incredible chance and the good fortune that I had.”
