Bill Gates Gladly Admits That He's a Geek, And His Kids Are Still Banned From Apple Products
I wanna be a Bill Gates so freakin' bad...
Those of us familiar with the western world know who is Bill Gates. Our association with him is likely still to Microsoft, but he's doing far different work these days as a philanthropist.
The Daily Mail scored an interview with the world's second richest man, who talked about his family and what consumes his days these days. Just imagine Bill Gates rocking in his chair and singing "I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad. Buy all the things I never had. I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine. Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen..."
That Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars hit is something that his three kids use to tease him, but they won't be getting their wish unless they make it themselves. Gates' children Jennifer, 15, Rory, 12, and Phoebe, nine are believed to be getting 'only' $10 million each in inheritance.
Gates would not give an exact number, but he did say, "It will be a minuscule portion of my wealth. It will mean they have to find their own way.
"They will be given an unbelievable education and that will all be paid for. And certainly anything related to health issues we will take care of. But in terms of their income, they will have to pick a job they like and go to work. They are normal kids now. They do chores, they get pocket money."
As for why not leave them his remaining billions? He said, "I don’t think that amount of money would be good for them."
Neither are Apple products, as his iPhones, iPods and iPads are banned from the household: "They have the Windows equivalent. They have a Zune music player, which is a great Windows portable player. They are not deprived children."
The Gates Foundation is focusing on vaccinations for malaria, which to him is a more effective target for him – he said "You get more bang for your buck" – rather than seeking a cure for cancer.
"The motto of the foundation is that every life has equal value. There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer," he continued. "When you die of malaria aged three it’s different from being in your seventies, when you might die of a heart attack or you might die of cancer. And the world is putting massive amounts into cancer, so my wealth would have had a meaningless impact on that."
So is Gates a geek?
"Hey, if being a geek means you’re willing to take a 400-page book on vaccines and where they work and where they don’t, and you go off and study that and you use that to challenge people to learn more, then absolutely. I’m a geek. I plead guilty. Gladly."
Read the full interview on the Daily Mail.
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lol!
He's a good man. I'm only 18, but I do agree on how he raises his kids! Well done Bill, I'm proud of you, I like your thinking.
I hope this means we won't be seeing his kids joining in on this ridiculous reality TV bandwagon.
I agree! Good job Bill! Keep up the good work!
It's great he does not spoil his children.
It is expected to ban apple products with bill gates. why buy from the competition?
So... umm Bill... hi... I am your long lost Son, and I wouldn't mind that 10 million inheritance. Not even enough to worry about a DNA test right?
btw...I thought it was given AND old news that Gates' kids don't have Apple products AND they have to work for themselves...
and so what people calls him geek, nerd, weirdo, ect....he's a RICH geek, nerd, weirdo, ect...
and too many people, especially the descendents of the affluent family, think they somehow deserve from the works of their previous generation when all they have is the family name...
good for Gates to make their children work for living instead of living off the family fortune...
I have always admired Bill Gates. he is so right on this.
I could "find my own way" in life with $10 million.
Are they also banned to use android?
If they have to rely on Windows, they're in real bad luck! LOL!
and people wonder why Billy is considered a Saint and Stevie is like the Devil in so many people's eyes........
Steve Jobs should take the Bill Gates course on how to be a human being.
Bill Gates will be viewed in centuries to come not as a rich business man but as a great humanitarian.
If the foundation works the way it's supposed to he will have saved literally millions of lives.
Someone ring Nobel and put up for a nomination.
Steve Jobs should take the Bill Gates course on how to be a human being.
Lol'd so hard
QUESTION:
But wasn't the entire windows concept built on DOS that he basically stole for a minimal sum of money from the developing company and then stomped them out of business.?
they couldn't even take him to court and get a fair amount.?
If indeed that's (I'm asking because I do not know myself, only hearsay. Someone please clear it up for me) true then I will not like him even with all his charity work.. it's probably charity work because of all the people and businesses he crushed along the way and his conscious is getting at his old ass.
stevie may be more human than bill , but his policies are less humane
If a corpse looking figure with the glare of a car salesman is the general definition of human well, the world is SOO screwed!
Banned kids from Apple? Nice, but for wrong reasons. Instead of explaining them how there're better alternatives, he just makes them use Zune =) Lol.
Okay, so Gates stole DOS from someone else, it's common knowledge by now. So what? Any businessman out there who wouldn't do the same? Grow up... there're no saints in business. Besides, I don't care where he stole it, Windows has been kicking ass so far
If Bill stole DOS he has given more back than he took, and certainly given more back than any other company would have if they had been in the driving seat.
This is more like Robin Hood.
I have been in IT for years, and remember when Bill was just an everyday person, Than in 92-96 he became The Bill Gates everyone knows. I have read many books. Never had the chance to meet him, but that would be great. I think he is one of the most stand up persons, say what you want, but Gates is the Man.........
Good job Bill... as an IT person. Many of us miss your input.
lol, if i was given 10 million in cash I wouldn't have to work another day in my life, nor go to school.
I wouldn't be so quick to put Bill on a pedestal as so many posters seem to be doing. Dig around the internet on his relations with Bilderberg, eugenics, planned parenthood, Pacific Ethanol and biofuels, GMO crops, vaccine research, and even the fact he change his money to Euros (that has to say something about what he thinks of America).
lol, if i was given 10 million in cash I wouldn't have to work another day in my life, nor go to school.
And you would probably end up like this bit of human flotsam.
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Rich or poor, you should always aspire to do more.
I wouldn't be so quick to put Bill on a pedestal as so many posters seem to be doing. Dig around the internet on his relations with Bilderberg, eugenics, planned parenthood, Pacific Ethanol and biofuels, GMO crops, vaccine research, and even the fact he change his money to Euros (that has to say something about what he thinks of America).
OK if this is going to gravitate around paranoid NWO fantasies just GTFO right now, i'm sick to the back teeth of hearing about it. When anyone does a good thing there's always some goddam pinhead thinking there's a conspiracy - to do what? Save lives? Hand out vaccines? Contribute to the world's most vulnerable?
Go buy a Greenpeace badge and STFU.
Microsoft is an abusive company. They have used their monopoly position to make hundreds of billions. After stealing money from you and me, Bill gives part of it away part of the money to charity. Somehow this makes him great.
Microsoft is a company that totally lacks innovation. They have always relied on copying other companies and buying companies. Not even DOS manage Microsoft to invent. You need to think hard to list 5 things that Microsoft invented.
I am so happy that MS finally is going away. Google and Apple are finally liberating us from Microsoft poor products.
It is expected to ban apple products with bill gates. why buy from the competition?
You do know that Bill quit Microsoft over 10 years ago?
OK if this is going to gravitate around paranoid NWO fantasies just GTFO right now, i'm sick to the back teeth of hearing about it. When anyone does a good thing there's always some goddam pinhead thinking there's a conspiracy - to do what? Save lives? Hand out vaccines? Contribute to the world's most vulnerable?Go buy a Greenpeace badge and STFU.
Instead of throwing up snide remarks, why not argue back with viable counterpoints? If you read between the line, there are alot of good resources out there that make good points. Read about Bilderberg. Why would so many elite rich people want to have a secret meeting? Read about the origins of planned parenthood and Margaret Sanger and some of her views. Read about Gates dumping his PE stock. Did he realize his mistake or just get caught? GMO crops? All of his philanthropies seem to walk the controversial line. I don't necessarily buy into all the accusations, but I also don't buy good stuff either.
Microsoft is an abusive company. They have used their monopoly position to make hundreds of billions. After stealing money from you and me, Bill gives part of it away part of the money to charity. Somehow this makes him great. Google and Apple are finally liberating us from Microsoft poor products.
Can you tell me, rough numbers, how much money Apple and Google have given to charity?
Such a stupid flawed arguement.
Instead of throwing up snide remarks, why not argue back with viable counterpoints? If you read between the line, there are alot of good resources out there that make good points. Read about Bilderberg. Why would so many elite rich people want to have a secret meeting? Read about the origins of planned parenthood and Margaret Sanger and some of her views. Read about Gates dumping his PE stock. Did he realize his mistake or just get caught? GMO crops? All of his philanthropies seem to walk the controversial line. I don't necessarily buy into all the accusations, but I also don't buy good stuff either.
I am not getting into this whole NWO debate again because the last time I did I must have wasted hundreds of hours argueing with someone who was as open to debate as an Al-Qaida suicide bomber.
You are all mad, stop it!
Microsoft is an abusive company. They have used their monopoly position to make hundreds of billions. After stealing money from you and me, Bill gives part of it away part of the money to charity. Somehow this makes him great.
Bingo, it's very easy to give money to charity when you're a billionaire, yet people overlook this when piling on the praise. If I donated five bucks to charity it would have about the same effect on my finances as Bill's donations make to him, but I quite rightly wouldn't be hailed as some kind of saint for it and put on the cover of Time Magazine.
Giving your surplus cash to charity later in life doesn't compensate for you being an asshole for the greater part of it, in my opinion. I mean, it's great that he's helping alleviate poverty etc. but he's still a smug, greedy prick (if you read anything about Gates' history, you'll know the reasons why, it's not just because he made a lot of money).