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Bill and his ex-wife Melinda Gates have three children together: Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe. «Well, I think everybody gets to decide on that. In my case, my kids got a great upbringing, education, but less than 1% of the total wealth because I decided it wouldn’t be a favor to them. It’s not a dynasty. I’m not asking them to run Microsoft. I want to give them a chance to have their own earnings and success, be significant and not overshadowed by the incredible luck and good fortune I had,» said Microsoft's Bill Gates. «Different families see that differently. I think the people who’ve made fortunes from technology are less dynastic and so they’ll even take their capital and give a lot of that away. You can have the view of giving away your capital or just giving away your earnings. And, of course, I love all philanthropy, but the tech sector is probably the most aggressive about giving most of it away,» added Gates during an interview with

America’s wealthiest have long urged each other to give away more money.

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani recently shared memories of his first meeting with his wife, Rohini, during a quiz competition in 1977 at Mumbai's Elphinstone College. In a podcast with Nikhil Kamath, he recalled, “We had a quiz competition, I was representing IIT and the quiz was (hosted) at Elphinstone College. That's how I met her.” Nilekani humorously noted that IIT had «obviously» won the competition, adding, “Obviously, we won the quiz… That’s how I met her way back in 1977."

Jerry Epstein at his home, was a rather unpleasant one, and that he had left her very 'unsettled'. The disgraced financer was convicted of sexual offence but long before it, Melinda had despised his work relations with her then husband Bill Gates, which she also spoke about in an old interview in CBS from 2022.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining a high-profile list of more than 240 wealthy philanthropists committed to donating over half their fortunes

ALSO READ: From Mela Rouge to Hashtakshar: Itinerary of Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding festivities in Jamnagar According to details, food will be served to about 51 thousand residents which will continue for the next few days. As part of the pre-wedding festivities, the Ambani family organized Anna Seva to seek the blessings of the local community.

Mukesh Ambani's youngest child, Anant Ambani is all set to get married to Radhika Merchant on 12 July this year. Ahead of their wedding, a three-day grand pre-wedding celebration is set to take place in Gujarat's Jamnagar from March 1 to 3. The pre-wedding festivities of Anand Ambani and Radhika Merchant will witness business and tech elites from across the world, including Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump, the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan, along with Queen Jetsun Pema.

Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, said here on Tuesday. “You cannot have societies where wealth is only used to benefit the wealthy. Otherwise, why would societies want to create that wealth?” she said, adding that Indian philanthropists must challenge old ideas and innovate.