You'd expect the children of the world's second-richest man to have the means to do whatever they want, right?
Hit the books in college and get a degree, and then another degree, and another. Go on a year-long whirl around the world. Play, explore, try new things, run through that trust fund.
Actually, Bill Gates, 60, and his wife, Melinda, 52, are encouraging their three children to go to college and they'll pay for it, but then they want them to get jobs and have careers. The Gates have no plans to leave their fortune of some $78 billion to their brood. No billion-dollar trust funds for these kids.
The Microsoft founder explained his reasoning for leaving his money to charity instead of his three children, Jennifer, 20, Rory, 17, and Phoebe, 14, on "This Morning" on Wednesday.
"'It's not a favor to kids to have them have huge sums of wealth," he said. "It distorts anything they might do, creating their own path."
Bill Gates explains why he's not leaving his fortune to his children
Updated 8:58 am, Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Microsoft founder Bill
Gates and his wife, Melinda. In 2012, the power couple behind the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.9 billion (2.6% of their
wealth) to a number of causes around the world. From mosquito nets to
new condom designs, the Gates Foundation is a bona fide charity
juggernaut. The Gates family has given away approximately $28 billion
over their years of charity and, with Buffett's pledges and this most
recent broadband collaboration with Zuckerberg, they're primed to give
so much more.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is leaving his fortune to charity, not his three children.
Hit the books in college and get a degree, and then another degree, and another. Go on a year-long whirl around the world. Play, explore, try new things, run through that trust fund.
Actually, Bill Gates, 60, and his wife, Melinda, 52, are encouraging their three children to go to college and they'll pay for it, but then they want them to get jobs and have careers. The Gates have no plans to leave their fortune of some $78 billion to their brood. No billion-dollar trust funds for these kids.
The Microsoft founder explained his reasoning for leaving his money to charity instead of his three children, Jennifer, 20, Rory, 17, and Phoebe, 14, on "This Morning" on Wednesday.
"'It's not a favor to kids to have them have huge sums of wealth," he said. "It distorts anything they might do, creating their own path."
But the Gates children don't need to worry about ever being destitute and their parents will provide a "safety net."
"Our kids will receive a great education and some money so they are never going to be poorly off but they'll go out and have their own career," he explained.
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