# Bill Gates on Reddit (u/thisisbillgates)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/bill-gates

Bill Gates: Co-founder of Microsoft.

- Reddit account: [u/thisisbillgates](https://www.reddit.com/user/thisisbillgates/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2018 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/80ow6w/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (24), r/AskReddit (1), r/Coronavirus (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2016 to 2022
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

## Moments

### u/thisisbillgates in r/IAmA, Feb 27, 2018 · Early days

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you miss anything about your time at Microsoft?

> There was a certain urgency to everything we were doing to stay ahead that meant the speed of activity was very high. I miss this a bit. I had to take Think Weeks twice a year just to step back and see what the longer term trends were. Now I work on things like malaria where I wish there was more competition to solve the problems and things moved faster.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/80ow6w/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dux6x7g/ · 14,465 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/thisisbillgates in r/IAmA, Feb 27, 2017 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> If you could give 19 year old Bill Gates some advice, what would it be?

> I would explain that smartness is not single dimensional and not quite as important as I thought it was back then. I would say you might explore the developing world before you get into your forties. I wasn't very good socially back then but I am not sure there is advice that would fix that - maybe I had to be awkward and just grow up....

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea7isk/ · 14,767 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/thisisbillgates in r/IAmA, Feb 27, 2018 · AMA answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Mr. Gates! Do you ever like, just randomly get up when you're home and make yourself a peanut butter sandwich? Or do you have people do that for you?

> I do make myself tomato soup sometimes. It is kind of a comforting food and reminds me of doing the same when I was growing up. I don't make sandwiches much.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/80ow6w/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dux5pxr/ · 15,358 points as of Nov 7, 2026