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Bill Gates is one of the wealthiest people on the planet.
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The Microsoft founder has thrown himself into charitable work in recent years. Gates and his wife Melinda run the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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While running his foundation, Gates tends to have a pretty normal day: He exercises, catches up on the news, works out, and spends time with his family.
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Bill Gates is worth $103 billion, making him the second wealthiest person on planet Earth after Jeff Bezos, who’s worth an estimated $139 billion, according to Forbes.
What does the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire get up to all day?
Since stepping down from the helm of Microsoft in 2006, Gates has thrown himself into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which donates money to research and charitable organizations. After leaving his post on Microsoft’s board of directors in 2019, Gates’ commitment to the foundation has become even more apparent. In addition, he’s been meeting with top science experts and speaking out about public health policy in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
His daily routine, which Business Insider gathered prior to social distancing and the pandemic, is often quite busy and varied. Here’s a look inside the daily schedule of Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Gates claims to enjoy the chocolate cereal Cocoa Puffs, but his wife Melinda told Betsy Layne High School students that he usually skips breakfast.
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If he’s not traveling, Gates starts the day in this staggering Medina, Washington property.
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Source: Business Insider, The Economic Times
Back in 2008, Gates was known to work out on the treadmill after waking up, while “watching DVDs from the Teaching Company’s ‘Great Courses’ series,” according to the New York Times.
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Source: The New York Times
He also loves to play tennis.
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Gates checks the headlines every morning. He typically reads The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.
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He’s in tune with the daily headlines and is particularly interested in public health policy. Whenever he has time, he shares his thoughts on his blog or on Twitter.
Source: GatesNotes and Twitter
According to The Telegraph, his schedule is broken up into five-minute intervals — Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk does the same. Every moment is carefully planned.
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It’s a jam-packed routine, but the billionaire keeps track of his plans and ideas by jotting down notes.
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When it comes to lunch, Gates has one favorite meal in particular. In a Reddit AMA, the billionaire responded “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger” to a question about his favorite sandwich.
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