Who is Phoebe Adele Gates?

Phoebe Adele Gates was born on September 14, 2002 under the sign of Virgo in Seattle, Washington, USA, of German and British descent. She is a 17-year-old celebrity kid, probably only recognized as the (youngest) daughter of Bill Gates, a business magnate, billionaire, and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation and philanthropist. Her mother is Melinda Gates, known as a former general manager at Microsoftand philanthropist.

How rich is she right now? Phoebe Adele Gates Net Worth and Assets

As the daughter of a billionaire, Phoebe Adele Gates is also a potential billionaire, as she still enjoys (part of) her father’s impressive fortune, estimated at $106.9 billion in early 2020.

This is reported by Forbes magazine, her father is the second richest person in the world. The family’s wealth also includes such assets, an earth-sheltered mansion worth $127 million called Xanadu 2.0, and luxury car and jet collections, etc. Moreover, Phoebe’s wealth is sure to increase in the future as her father has stated that he would leave $10 million for each child, while about 95% of his fortune would be donated to charity, but at this point, the Gates’ descendants are only allowed a modest “pocket money.”

Popularity as a celebrity kid

Phoebe Adele Gates is being raised as the youngest of three children of Bill and Melinda Gates. Her parents met at a New York City trade show in the mid-1980s and became romantically involved in 1987.

Seven years later, Bill and Melinda finally exchanged their wedding vows in a private ceremony in Lanai, Hawaii. Phoebe is an American by nationality and belongs to White Caucasian ethnicity. She is Christian. Her older sister – Jennifer Katharine Gates – was born on April 26, 1996 and is a rider who participates in the Longines Global Champions Tour. Her older brother named Rory John Gates was born on May 23, 1999.

Educational background

Regarding her education, Phoebe has attended schools such as the Professional Children’s School in New York City. She is very fond of art and ballet, so she attends The School of American Ballet at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, as well as The Juilliard School, both in New York City. Phoebe also studies at the prestigious private Lakeside School.

Social media presence

Phoebe’s parents are very conservative, so she and her siblings were not allowed to use a cell phone until they were 13 years old, as their parents believed it was better for them to focus on education than on the internet. Once she was old enough, Phoebe launched her Instagram account under the username ‘moonstar sandshine’; however, the account is set to private. She has been named one of the “World’s Ten Most Powerful Kids” by Wonderslist.

Appearance and vital statistics

The youngest member of the Gates family has long blond hair and dark brown eyes. She stands at a height of 5ft 10ins (1.78m) while her weight is around 110lbs (50kgs). Her vital stats are 32-24-32 – her bra size is 32B, her dress size is 4 (US), and shoe size is 8 (US).

Personal life and hobbies

Phoebe Adele Gates currently has no boyfriend. She is often involved in various charity events along with her siblings and parents. Phoebe still officially lives with her family in a mansion in Medina, Washington. In her spare time, Phoebe enjoys swimming and paragliding.

Who is her father? Bill Gates short wiki/bio

William Henry Gates III, better known as Bill Gates, was born on October 28, 1955 under the sign of Scorpio, in Seattle, Washington State USA. His father was famous attorney William Henry Gates II while his mother was May Maxwell Gates, known for serving on the board of directors of the United Way of America. He has two sisters named Libby and Kristianne.

Educational background

Bill Gates attended private preparatory Lakeside School as a 13-year-old boy. When the school bought a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal and computer time on a General Electric (GE) computer, Bill became interested in computer science, immediately learned BASIC and wrote a software program. After the school’s computer time expired, he and his friends, Paul Allen, Rick Weiland, and Kent Evans, were expelled by the Computer Center Corporation (CCC) after exploiting program bugs to get more computer time, but Bill and his friends made a deal with the CCC – they would find bugs in their system in exchange for extra computer time. He graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and enrolled in Harvard College, but two years later Bill passed out because he thought he could learn nothing more useful; he never graduated.

Microsoft Corporation

Bill Gates and Paul Allen established Microsoft Corporation on April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while the company was moved to Bellevue, Washington State in 1979. On November 20, 1985, the company created their first retail version of Microsoft Windows, and over the following decades, Microsoft Corporation grew to become the largest PC software company in the world, for which he held the positions of President, Chairman, and CEO, stepping down in 2000 as CEO and remained in the position of Chairman until 2014 when he became the Chief Software Architect. He currently works as a technology advisor to CEO Satya Nadella. Recently, Microsoft Corporation became the third company in the United States to reach a value of more than $1 trillionto Apple and Amazon.

Other business ventures

Besides Microsoft, Bill Gates is also known for his other business ventures. He owns Cascade Investments, LLC, a private holding and investment company, and is the owner of interests in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and is the largest shareholder in Canadian National Railway. He is the founder of Corbis Corp., the research firm bgC3, LLC, TerraPower, and Branded Entertainment Network. Recently, Bill Gates was invited to serve on the Advisory Board of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.

Philanthropy

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda founded their own charitable organization – “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’, in 2000. With $46.8 billion in assets, it is considered the world’s largest private foundation. Their main goals are to improve healthcare and reduce extreme poverty worldwide.

They believe that one of the most important things is education, so they even launched the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at the University of Cambridge. In addition, in 2009, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and others launched “The Giving Pledge” campaign, encouraging extremely wealthy people to give at least half of their wealth to charity. Bill also works with Rotary International.

Who is her mother? Melinda Gates short wiki/bio

Phoebe’s mother, Melinda Ann Gates (née French), was born on August 15, 1964 under the sign of Leo, in Dallas, Texas, USA. She was raised by aerospace engineer Raymond Joseph French Jr. and housewife Elaine Agnes Amerland, with an older sister and two younger brothers. Melinda attended St. Monica Catholic School and then attended Ursuline Academy of Dallas, graduating in 1982. She then continued her education at Duke University and received her BA degree in Computer Science and Economics in 1986.

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She also attended Fuqua School of Business and received her MBA degree in 1987.

Professional career

After graduating, Melinda became a part of Microsoft Corporation after being hired to serve as their marketing manager. She was promoted to the position of general manager of information products in the early 1990s, eventually leaving the Microsoft job in 1996 to focus on her family and children. She then served on Duke University’s Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2003, and joined The Washington Post’s Board of Directors in 2004. Furthermore, she is active in ‘The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’ since its establishment in 2000. In 2019, Melinda wrote and published the book “The Moment Of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes The World”.