The youngest daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, Foebe, has felt how much pressure she felt to succeed, given her parents’ career.
Foebe and their former college roommate, Sophia Kiani only launched their own business, Fia, an app that compared the prices of goods being sold online to help shopkeepers to save time and money. From jewelry to fabric, the app tells users whether something has been overpressed, before showing them a cheaper version of the item.
However, the 22-year-old confessed that looking at her famous parents, she knew from an early age that people would comment about her career options.
“Growing up, I realized that people are always going to think about me,” he said during an interview the new York TimesPublished on Thursday. “If the business is successful, people will say,” This is due to his family. ”
“And a large part of that is true. I would never go to Stanford, or there would be a wonderful upbringing, or a drive to do something, if it was not for my parents,” he continued. “But I also feel a large amount of internal pressure.”
She said she is expecting people to accept her famous last name, including her business investors, including a venture capital firm, and a network of mentors like reality star Chris Jenner. Call her daddy Host Alex Cooper also agreed to sign Foebe and Sophia in its podcast company, as the pair will launch their own podcasts, Burnout with Fobe and Sophia,
Despite the expected criticism, Foebe mainly focused on the basis of a business, about which he is the most emotional.
“We are fighting about roommates clothes. We are girls who are scattered shopping sites for deals. And there are clearly about thousands of young women like us,” she said.
Foey’s business effort comes as his father, according to Microsoft co-founder, the 13th richest was in the billionaire place. Forbes. According to the publication, the total value of the bill is currently $ 107.6 billion.
Bill admitted that when he first learned about Foey’s interest in entering e-commerce space, he was worried about him.
“Wow, many people have tried, and there are some big people,” he remembered while telling his daughter during his daughter. Times The interview, given that he was worried that he needed money. “I thought,” Oh boy, she is going to come and ask. ”
However, he said that if he needs, Fund Fia will be helped, it will be under certain conditions. He said, “And then I would have put him on a small lease and reviewing the business, which I felt difficult, and I would probably be very good, but thought what it was right? Fortunately, it never happened,” he said.
Meanwhile, Fobe said that when her mother heard about the business, she was urged to secure the enterprise and to secure money from investors.
“He saw it as a real opportunity for me, eg, learning and unsuccessful,” Foebe said about Melinda.
Along with Fobe, Bill and Melinda, who divorced in 2021, they have two other children, Jennifer, 28, and Rori, 25. During an attendance Find out with Raj Shamani Podcast last month, Bill reiterated how much money it would give to her children.
“My children got a great upbringing and education, but less than 1 percent of the total money because I decided that it would not be a favor for them,” he said. “This is not a dynasty. I am not asking them to run Microsoft. I want to give them a chance for your earnings and success. You know, be important and not be seen with incredible luck and good luck.”
