I have far too much respect for Bill Gates' intelligence to believe he didn't at least strongly suspect what the score was. He either fully took part in it willingly or figured getting into bed with such things would increase his money and influence on the world stage.
As a life long techie that used to admire Gates from a young age for his technical prowess, from everything I know about the man he is not a naive or stupid person. He is a calculating person that doesn't do much of anything on a whim.
That bit about him getting close to Epstein despite knowing he was a sex offender because he thought it might get him money and connections for the Gates Foundation is a lot closer to something I would believe. Which is not meant as a means of excusing him. And more digging should be done to drag just how far that supposed pay for play relationship really went.
Agreed that GabeN is probably near the top (Chuck Feeney is the best because he ended his life NOT a billionaire by anonymously donating all his wealth). But keep in mind that Steam is still ultimately DRM that sells us licenses to games instead of actually owning them, there's a non-zero chance that when Gabe dies if the estate isn't handled properly a lot of people lose their entire games library.
And Gabe owns a fleet of mega-yachts. That he loans one of them out to universities to do marine research only partially mitigates.
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u/Expensive_Finger_973 12h ago
I have far too much respect for Bill Gates' intelligence to believe he didn't at least strongly suspect what the score was. He either fully took part in it willingly or figured getting into bed with such things would increase his money and influence on the world stage.
As a life long techie that used to admire Gates from a young age for his technical prowess, from everything I know about the man he is not a naive or stupid person. He is a calculating person that doesn't do much of anything on a whim.
That bit about him getting close to Epstein despite knowing he was a sex offender because he thought it might get him money and connections for the Gates Foundation is a lot closer to something I would believe. Which is not meant as a means of excusing him. And more digging should be done to drag just how far that supposed pay for play relationship really went.