# Bill Gates on Reddit (u/thisisbillgates)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/bill-gates

Bill Gates: Co-founder of Microsoft and the Gates Foundation.

- Reddit account: [u/thisisbillgates](https://www.reddit.com/user/thisisbillgates/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1xj56q/hello_reddit_im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (131), r/AskReddit (6), r/Coronavirus (5), r/videos (4), r/OptimistsUnite (4), r/UpliftingNews (3)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2013 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

## Moments

### u/thisisbillgates in r/IAmA, Mar 8, 2016 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> What's your fondest memory at Harvard?

> I decided that I would be different and never attend any class I was signed up for but always attend a class I wasn't signed up for. This worked out in a funny way when the final exam for a Combinatorics class (which I signed up for) was given at the same table as my Brain studies class (which I attended and did not sign up for). My friends from Brain studies thought it was very strange that I sat on the wrong side of the table and took the Combinatorics exam even when I was the most vocal student in the Brain class.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/49jkhn/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/d0sbjc3/ · 5,094 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thisisbillgates in r/AskReddit, Aug 9, 2023 · Advice

Replying to the post "If you could be 25 again what would you do differently? (Serious)".

> When I was 25, I didn’t believe in vacations. I didn’t believe in weekends. I pushed everyone around me to work very long hours—which is how I worked, too. But as I got older—and especially once I became a father—I realized that there’s more to life than work.  Don’t wait as long as I did to learn this lesson. Take time to nurture your relationships, celebrate your successes, and recover from your losses. Take a break when you need to. Take it easy on the people around you when they need it, too. **You’re not a slacker if you cut yourself some slack.**

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/15jir17/if_you_could_be_25_again_what_would_you_do/jvgh19c/ · 55 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thisisbillgates in r/IAmA, Feb 27, 2018 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> Tabs or Spaces?

> When I code I use tabs because you want the columns to line up. For some word documents I use tabs. You want things to adjust when you go back and edit them and tabs help.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/80ow6w/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dux7cln/ · 20,975 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/thisisbillgates in r/oddlysatisfying, Aug 15, 2024 · Funny

Replying to the post "A mosquito tries to poke with all its might".

> Finally, a video about mosquitoes that doesn't suck.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1egsrf5/a_mosquito_tries_to_poke_with_all_its_might/li6i4b9/ · 177 points as of Nov 6, 2026