Melinda’s eldest daughter and Bill Gates He talked about how his childhood was as part of one of the richest families in the world.
“I was born into a situation of enormous privilege and I think about how to use those opportunities and learn from them to find things that I am passionate about. I hope to make the world a little better place.”confesses the young Jennifer Gates in an interview with the magazine “Sidelines”.
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The 24-year-old was born a year after her father, the founder of Microsoft, was named “the richest man in the world”. Currently worth $108 billion, he is second only to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, according to Forbes.
Despite already having a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology, currently in his second year of Medicine at the Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai. His children’s pediatrician was his inspiration.
In 2017 “The New York Post” reported that His parents bought a $5 million condo just a few blocks from his medical school.
Jennifer She also assured that her parents always spoke to her “as if she were an adult” and that they did not avoid difficult conversations. “I grew up hearing about infant mortality at the dinner table, about polio, about the HIV/AIDS epidemic”, he counted.
In addition, he talked about a time when he was playing doctor with his mother and she told him that one of her dolls had AIDS, but that they were going to help her. “At the time, my mom thought maybe they were talking too much about global health at the table.” he joked.
Jenniferthe eldest daughter of the marriage between the tycoon and the businesswoman, has two brothers, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 17. The three will receive “a tiny portion” of their parents’ fortune, as confirmed by the billionaire in an interview in 2011 with Daily Mail. This in order to teach them to value money and work for themselves.
”They will be given an incredible education and everything will be paid for. And certainly anything related to health problems we will take care of (…) But in terms of their income, they will have to choose a job they like and go to work”, said by then Gates.
Jennifer He started riding horses when he was 6 years old and has competed against great figures such as Eve Jobs, daughter of Steve Jobs. In addition, she has received the support of his father around this passion.
The tycoon bought him a property in Wellington, Florida, a place where the wealthiest horsemen usually ride. The “Miami Herald” reported that spent $37 million to acquire an entire series of properties near the estate of Laurene Powell Jobs.
At the beginning of this year, Jennifer Gates She got engaged to the Egyptian rider Nayel Nassar, who will be part of the Egyptian team at the Tokyo Olympics and who is part, along with her, of the “Paris Panthers”, the show jumping team founded by Gates. In 2019, they competed and placed 9th in the Global Champions League.
“I am very lucky to have him as a partner. He is incredibly understanding, humble, and loyal, and someone I hope to build a life with, grow with, and support each other through our shared and individual passions.”, She mentioned about her future husband, whom she met at Stanford University, in California, while she was studying Biology and he was studying Administration and Economics.
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