Will Bill Gates’s optimism wane as his saviour image unravels?
Unflattering particulars that have emerged after the couple said they are getting a divorce is threatening the reinvented image of the billionaire
24 May 2021 - 05:05
Los Angeles — Before all the revelations about his divorce, dubious workplace behaviour and ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates was just America’s huggable billionaire techno-philanthropist.
Sure, he had accumulated absurd riches from cofounding Microsoft and lived in a $130m mansion with an indoor trampoline room. But he was also known to drive his children to school, binge Modern Family, dress like Ned Flanders and wait in line for his favourite cheeseburgers...
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