No longer a billionaire from the people: how divorce destroys the polished image of Gates
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Bill Gates was able to get rid of the reputation of a cunning tyrant. He received the right to advise lawmakers and teach other prominent it businessmen.
Before the divorce, questionable behavior at work, and ties to Jeffrey Epstein came to light, Bill Gates was arguably one of America's most handshake IT philanthropists. Sure, he made an absurdly large fortune by founding MICROSOFT and lived in a $130 million mansion with an indoor trampoline gym. However, the businessman was also known for driving his children to school himself, binge-watching Modern Family, dressing up as Simpsons character Ned Flanders, and dutifully waiting in line for his favorite cheeseburgers to be cooked. Some kind of strength was seen in the image of a down-to-earth, boring dad.
Many of the owners of huge fortunes donate substantial sums to solve vital problems, a few regularly answer questions from readers on the Reddit forum. Over the past 20 years, Gates, with a charitable foundation owned by him and his wife Melinda, has reached unprecedented heights in matters of social influence. Perhaps he has become the main business voice, broadcasting about the world's troubles. Gates has spoken casually about ending disease and improving education systems on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and has also spoken about climate change and covid-19 on Fox News.
The same man announced his divorce from Melinda French on May 3rd. Almost immediately, unpleasant details of the breakup surfaced, there were reports of Gates' novels with employees of Microsoft and the fund, which bears the name of the parting spouses. In her divorce filing, Melinda indicated that their relationship had been "irrecoverably ruined". Now the big question is whether the same will happen to Gates' reputation.
Many no longer remember that Gates was far from always such a respected person. At the height of the computer revolution, he was known as a ruthless nerd turned tycoon who scolded his subordinates for what the world was worth. The entrepreneur also allegedly tried to cut Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's stake while he was battling cancer in the early 1980s (Gates notes that he remembers these events differently from Allen).
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