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Despite a $34 billion net worth, Melinda French Gates refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has long warned that his kids won’t be coasting off his fortune—and Melinda French Gates is making sure of it, by insisting her daughter raises capital on her own.

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