Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates intended to leave his children less than 1 percent of his fate as he believes that he should succeed on his own instead of inheriting everyone created by his father. Recently with ‘Podcast with’ Raj Shamani ‘with’ Raj Shamani ‘, Mr. Gates said that the options made by rich families about their legacy were mostly dependent on their values.
Microsoft co-founder said, “Everyone decides on this,” in their position, their children got “a great upbringing and education, but less than 1% of the total money.”
“This is not a dynasty, I am not asking them to run Microsoft. I want to give him a chance of earning and success,” Mr. Gates said.
Mr. Gates shared three children with his ex -wife Melinda French – Rori Gates, Jennifer Gates Nasar and Foebe Gates.
The 69 -year -old told Mr. Shamani that he did not want his children to “overchard” incredible luck and fortunate. [their father] Was, “But should be” important “in itself.
He said he did not want his children to “ever confuse your support for him and your love for him.”
He believed that it was important to communicate someone’s attitude towards children about giving him “incredible opportunity”.
“The highest calling for these resources is to go back to be needy through the highest calling foundation,” he said.
According to the Bloomberg Billioners Index, Sri Gates is priced at $ 155 billion, and 1 percent is $ 1.55 billion. Although the children of the three Gates do not have much money as their father, their property will probably keep them the richest one percent of the world’s population.
Mr. Gates is not the only technical billionaire, who plans not to give up his vast luck only for his children.
Several major tech Titans, such as Apple’s late Steve Jobs and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, preferred philanthropy when they passed on money from one generation to another.
Steve Jobs widow, philanthropist Lauren Powell Jobs, said that her three children would not be inherited from her husband.
Despite the total assets of an estimated $ 7 billion at the time of his death in 2011, he was “not interested”, Ms. Jobs said new York Times In 2020.