The Latest Breaking News from Phoebe Gates

Actress Kate Winslet’s Gen Z children are following in her footsteps in Hollywood—but she’s adamant the Winslet name isn’t opening any doors for them.

When your dad is Bill Gates, you'd think your last name would open every door. But Phoebe Gates didn't even use it until high school. And that wasn't an accident.

Before launching her $8 million startup, Phoebe Gates turned to her billionaire founder parents for advice. After all, when your dad is the cofounder of Microsoft, he might know a thing or two about building a business.

Bill Gates just did something most billionaires wouldn't: he worked customer service at his daughter Phoebe Gates' startup, Phia, a new AI-powered fashion shopping platform founded with her Stanford roommate, Sophia Kianni, Inc. reports.

Bill Gates, the philanthropic billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), recently took on a customer service role at his daughter’s AI fashion startup.

Sophia Kianni and Phoebe Gates met as Stanford roommates who bonded over fashion, climate advocacy, and secondhand shopping. Kianni had already gone viral during the pandemic by founding Climate Cardinals, a nonprofit that translated climate resources into over 100 languages. Gates, daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French…

Refusing to make exceptions in an already unequal startup landscape, Melinda French Gates said she declined to fund her daughter's new business, insisting she raise outside capital based on merit. 

Melinda Gates has refused to fund her daughter Phoebe's new startup, stating that real companies require real backing, sparking debate on wealth, privilege, and grit.

Melinda French Gates says she will not bankroll her daughter's new fashion-tech venture, arguing that the startup must prove itself the same way any "real business" does.