William henry gates

Personal qualities

British journalist Gideon Rahman describes Bill Gates as a very modest person in everyday life, in appearance ^[8]. However, the billionaire's home has state-of-the-art electronics and cost him an estimated $125 million. The house is located on the shores of Lake Washington and has an area of ​​40 thousand square feet (3720 m²). The "House of the Future" consists of three interconnected pavilions made of glass and pine wood. On the hill is a garage for 30 cars. In the corner of the garage is a museum Mustang, his first car. The first pavilion is for entertaining guests. The Reception Hall overlooks the Olympic Mountains across Lake Washington. The visitor to the "home of the future" receives an electronic pin encoded with his "preferences" - movies, paintings, music, television shows. The system "learns" his tastes and remembers them during his first visit to the house. The central pavilion is the library. Above the hall hangs a giant dome with wooden inlays. On the ceiling of the home library are quotes from the novel "The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald ^[8] . Gates reads about 50 books a year ^[60] . There is a trampoline next to the library. Gates loves to jump on it, believing that jumping on a trampoline, as well as swinging in a chair, contributes to the concentration of thought. There is also a swimming pool, Japanese bath, trout lake. Gates' main hobby is playing bridge ^[8] .

Charity

Main article: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
According to the American economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz , Bill Gates is "the best example of the ideals of the American spirit": having accumulated a fortune, he began to donate large sums to fight diseases around the world and improve education in the United States ^[61] .
On December 9, 2010, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates , and investor Warren Buffett signed a pledge they called the " Giving Pledge " that all three commit to donate at least half of their wealth to charity ^[62] [63] . Gates believes that in charity one should be equal to Charles Feeney ^[64] . By the end of 2016, Gates had donated more than $31 billion to charitable causes ^[63] .