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 him” to finance when she founded an electronic commerce startup With the entrepreneur Sophia Kianni.
The co-founder of Microsoft, which has a net value of $ 108 billion, said to 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 his daughter Jennifer Gates, 29, and son Rory Gates, 25, advised only 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 “baby nepo” with “privilege”, Say the “burnnets” listeners She felt a “desire to prove herself (her).”
Phoebe graduated from the school in 2021, who studies human biology at the University of Stanford.
When she graduated in 2024, Phoebe confirmed his romance With Paul McCartney’s grandson, 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 Podcaster Raj Shamani earlier this month that his children will inherit “less than 1%” of its massive richness When he dies.
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.”