Bill Gates and wife Melinda’s modest parenting style: the Microsoft centibillionaire’s kids go to church and will inherit ‘only’ US$10 million each
- The couple’s Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world, holding assets worth almost US$47 billion
- Children Jennifer, Phoebe and Rory were not allowed phones until age 14, are forbidden to use them at the dinner table, and help wash the dishes every night
The family still does household chores together
Although Bill and Melinda run the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world and holding assets worth almost US$47 billion, they still share the housework with their two daughters and son, Jennifer, Phoebe and Rory. Washing the dishes together almost every night is a Gates tradition. Melinda came up with this idea to emphasise that this “unpaid” chore should not fall on women more than men. She believes that dishwashing makes their relationship as a couple and as a family stronger.
The three kids are “only” inheriting US$10 million each
Jennifer, Phoebe and Rory’s dad may be one of the few centibillionaires in the world, but they will have to work hard to earn the same title. That’s because Bill has stated that his offspring will only be getting “a minuscule portion” of his massive wealth in the future, with the majority dedicated to charitable causes. This is their parents’ way of letting them achieve what they want, independently.