Bill Gates Reflects On His Divorce, Being Alone During Covid - Forbes Gates received her undergraduate degree in human biology from Stanford University, where a computer-science building was named for her father after he donated $6 million to the project. "And I think it's about using those opportunities and learning from them to find things that I'm passionate about and hopefully make the world a little bit of a better place," she added. Bill Gates says he's 'obsessed' with this new website here's why "I didn't know why at the time," Gates said in an interview with Fortune. "I feel incredibly lucky to be your dad, and I'm so proud of everything you've accomplished. Opel and Bill Gates' mother served together on the national board of the United Way. As usual, there are lots of conflicting reports about the details that made this happen. Currently, he is the Senior Director of Product Innovation at the Hawkins Group. Inside PC Labs' IBM PC Model 5150, Project Chess: The Story Behind the Original IBM PC, Here's What Bill Gates Told PCMag About the IBM PC in 1982, 40 Years Later: Read PCMag's First Impressions of the IBM PC, Spec Showdown: The Original IBM PC vs. a Lenovo ThinkCentre AIO. Though he initially resisted, he agreed to allocate some Microsoft money to the charityUnited Way of America (now United Way Worldwide), where she held several leadership roles. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. We can learn a lot from Gates' parents, but it all comes down to this: If you want your kids to be successful, the most important thing you can do is to show up.