Not so. Gates and his wife Melinda banned their three children from owning cell phones until age 14, even though their kids often protested and said their friends all owned them.

His children, despite receiving only a tiny fraction of Gates' wealth, are set to receive more than $1 billion each. Gates has three children, ages 28, 25 and 22. In 2021, Gates and his wife of 27 ...

That’s right: His kids, now 20, 17, and 14, weren’t allowed to have smart phones until they were high school age. Gates is joined in this assessment by James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media ...

Gates stressed the fact that his children were not allowed to get their own cell phone until they were 14 years old. According to the report, the average age in which a child gets his/her first ...

Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce on May 3. Their children are adults, but divorce is difficult for kids of any age. My parents got divorced in my 20s. It was complicated, emotional ...

Also interesting is that Gates — whose children currently range in age from 14 to 20 — didn’t even give his kids access to cell phones until they turned 14.

Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men, faces the same problems at home that all parents do — like dealing with cell phone privileges.“We’ve chosen in our family that it’s 13 where you ...

Melinda Gates endorsed a middle-class upbringing, complete with an allowance, to help kids grow up financially grounded even when their parents have billions.