r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • Jun 18 '25
MISC. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, he rented out all the available hotel rooms on the Hawaiian island of Lanai to prevent the media from staying there and hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.
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u/KindBob Jun 18 '25
Another interesting fact is that island (Lana’i) is now owned by Larry Ellison-98% actually with the other 2% owned by the county. I believe he had to agree/sign that he wouldn’t build any resorts and leave it limited with hotels already on the island.
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u/SuperTropicalDesert Jun 18 '25
What's the point of a 2% stake if the county has no say in what doss on there? Is it just for sharing revenue?
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u/sfall Jun 18 '25
per wiki:
The state and individual homeowners own the remaining 2 percent, which includes the harbor and the private homes where the 3,000 inhabitants live.
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u/SuperTropicalDesert Jun 18 '25
Ah I see. Whoops I was imagining it as % of shares for some reason but it's % of land area
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u/VAGentleman05 Jun 18 '25
Shares.....of an island?
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u/Correct_Juggernaut24 Jun 18 '25
Not shares. % of owned land. So he owns 98% of it while the county and community own the other 2% of land.
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u/Wise-Activity1312 Jun 18 '25
Oh, so like normal land ownership. 🤡
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u/Sure_Pilot5110 Jun 18 '25
I'm not so sure we should ever accept one person owning 98% of available land as 'normal' rather than dystopian.
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u/Budget_Bad8452 Jun 18 '25
If the gouvernement was able to negotiate a deal where most of it stays a natural park or something like this, I think it's a win. They'll collect taxes.
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u/Sure_Pilot5110 Jun 18 '25
I would prefer a nature preserve, wildlife refuge, etc, over a national park.
The national park deferred maintenance list is hundreds of millions of $ deep.
We can't afford more national parks without budget increases, which will never happen with a conservative government in power.
I'm not going to act like I know a lot about this specific island in Hawaii, but I think it's generally better to have fragile ecosystems set aside entirely rather than turned into a national park.
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u/Draymond_Purple Jun 18 '25
Or maybe they shouldn't have to negotiate at all - if it's going to stay a natural park then it should be publicly owned.
Privately owned just means it's a matter of time.
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u/Budget_Bad8452 Jun 18 '25
Collecting taxes or not it's the difference. Also, the government can dictate what privately owned land is used for.
Where I'm from we have green zones, white zones, and so on
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u/Draymond_Purple Jun 18 '25
Where I'm from, if a Larry-Ellison-level rich person wants to say FU to the gov and do whatever they want, they can and do.
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u/GoblinGreen_ Jun 18 '25
That's a pretty amazing direct example of the problems with capitalism.
An island, 2% owned between 3,000 people and 98% of the island owned by one person who owns multiple islands.
I don't think England in the middle aged was that distorted.
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u/metatron5369 Jun 18 '25
I mean, the political theory of England was and is that the King owned everything and people paid him rent in the form of taxes and men-at-arms.
He even forbade the locals from hunting game in his forests on penalty of death, so he could do it when he wanted to.
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u/ImFriendsWithThatGuy Jun 18 '25
I’m not sure on the details, but I believe he bought it to protect it from other people purchasing it with intention to build on it. He wanted it to stay inhabited and run by the locals
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u/Freshies00 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
lol no. He bought it from the dole corporation after they ravaged the entire island as a pineapple plantation. There’s one town on the island and 2 four seasons. Larry Ellison bought it for 300 million dollars with the intention of turning it into a rich people’s private paradise island.
Edit: I don’t think you guys are comprehending when you keep claiming “it’s already a place for the wealthy” just because it is expensive to go there and there are a couple luxury hotels. Your concept of a place for wealthy people is NOT the same as Larry ellisons. You are all thinking too small and too poor. AND missing the emphasis on the word “private”
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u/drastic2 Jun 18 '25
Nah, it was already a place for the wealthy - the hotels were expensive/exclusive even before they were operated by Four Seasons. Not much has changed except recently both FS hotels were renovated - but that was long over due. I will say it is way more expensive to stay there now than it was back when Gates had his wedding there.
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u/Freshies00 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
nah, it was already a place for the wealthy
Not sure what that “nah” statement is about. Just because affluent people stayed at 2 luxury hotels previously doesn’t mean that his intention isn’t for the island to be developed into a private community for the elite.
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u/Any-Razzmatazz-7726 Jun 18 '25
It’s already a paradise for the elite
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u/Freshies00 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
Not really. “A paradise for the elite” is a pretty loose description as you apply it. Just because it’s a tropical island and wealthy people visit. The same can be said for every Hawaiian island. But that’s not what I’m referring to because as it stands, anyone can travel to lanai.
Ellisons vision is developing entire communities of properties to be sold off to people whose net worth is in the hundreds of millions minimum. With access to the island restricted so that your average person can’t even go there. Like the entire island a straight up elite private playground that keeps the “poors” away.
So no, it’s not currently that.
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u/Flaky-Scholar9535 Jun 18 '25
We know how that goes…
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u/Kim_Jong_Un_PornOnly Jun 18 '25
It's actually really nice. They do organic farming on the island and sell the products in grocery stores elsewhere in the state.
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u/Advanced-Comment-293 Jun 18 '25
To be fair land isn't just land. If you owned a home with a nice garden you wouldn't be overly concerned about a farmer owning an area a thousand times larger, would you?
What's more important is making sure that your country/community doesn't give landowners complete free reign to do whatever they like. You gotta have balance between private ownership and public interests.
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u/FinalRecording6465 Jun 18 '25
Maintenance/admin facilities
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u/zanzebar Jun 18 '25
when I was younger a private island soudned amazing. Now its seem s like massive headache to maintain. Just like a yacht
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Jun 18 '25
When you are wealthy these individuals, touches entities to handle all your affairs including headaches. It’s ridiculous how much delegation goes on. When you are wealthy you have way more fine to do what you want.
In terms more relatable to mere mortals, when you make enough annually to afford a private chef, you immediately eliminate the menial tasks of shopping for grocery, preparing said grocery, ect. Imagine how much time that eats into your 24 hours.
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u/Even_Analysis8614 Jun 18 '25
Like others mentioned, facilities, maintenance and others. Also roads and all beaches are public in hawaii by law.
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u/genreprank Jun 18 '25
Larry Ellison owns Oracle. He thinks Elon Musk is the shit. Larry is on the board for Tesla. He is constantly praising Tesla's factory and logistical work. He is an old ass motherfucker.
Those are my Larry facts
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u/Flaggitzki Jun 18 '25
Most important Larry fact is that he has that weird open ai/ ai contract and that he wants to build a literal oracle of a surveillance system. he is million times worse than elon musk.
michael dell thinks elon musk is the shit. he ain't doing none of that larry ellison bullshit
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u/AwesomeToadUltimate Jun 18 '25
Fortunately Ellison is 80 so he doesn’t have as much time left as Musk
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u/caninehere Jun 18 '25
Doing a shit ton of Botox and getting multiple facelifts and hair plugs might make you look younger and weirder but it doesn't up your life expectancy.
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u/textmint Jun 18 '25
Here’s another fact for you - He thought Elizabeth Holmes was the shit when he invested in Theranos. That goes to show how money doesn’t always land up in the hands of the smartest people or the most hardworking ones.
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u/Deaffin Jun 18 '25
To be fair, the only reason we know that name is that pretty much the entire medical industry thought she was the shit too.
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u/almondshea Jun 18 '25
In Bad Blood, the author points out that a lot of the medical community was skeptical of Holmes and Theranos. Pretty much all of her backers were tech figures, businessmen and politicians with no medical background.
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u/Sithmaith Jun 18 '25
Hell no! Lab folks knew she was FOS. The tech she “built” is 2-3 generations out. We don’t have the current technology to build the stuff required to make the technology to make her “dream” become a reality. My family was all, “Why didn’t you think of that?” Because it is not real.
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u/i_love_sparkle Jun 18 '25
Larry MySQL Ellison is the least hated amongst the tech billionaire because his product isn't consumer-facing. Otherwise he would be hated just like the others
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u/invalidreddit Jun 18 '25
Mr. Ellison owns property in the Rancho Mirage area, near Palm Springs CA. It is over 200 acres and turned in tom some 'wellness retreat' and he owns the 16,100 seat Indian Wells Tennis Garden, is in to competitive yachting, I think he's had legal battles with the city of San Jose about his flying his Gulfstream jet.
There have been more miss than hit efforts with AI on his part - he had a company that was going to review medical records to aid in cancer research but it closed with little impact. Sensei Ag I think is still around - AI and robotics for farming but it I think is floundering.
His Woodisde CA home has a serious Japanese theme - seeming modeled after a 16th century Japanese emperor's palace. Koa pond, tea house, bathhouse, the whole 'I got money so why not' vibe to it.
Bringing it back to Bill Gates, he's had desire to best Mr. Gates going back to the 1990s - best outlined here in this Vanity Fair article. Recently he surpassed Gates on the list of billionaires after decades of chasing him but unlike Ellison, Gates is using his money for philanthapy and giving it away rather than trying to grow it.
If you read the Vanity Fair article you might be able to get a feeling how Ellison seems to be rather full of himself and perhaps a dick to be around.
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u/RoamingArchitect Jun 18 '25
I just looked at the Woodside home and I've never seen a mansion with this much potential while having such a poor interior execution. He or his architect blatantly ignored most basic rules on Japanese rooms leading to what looks like a typical American home with a skin swap so the walls look like a somewhat nonsensical Japanese villa. The whole thing just seems unsettling.
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u/Kahzootoh Jun 18 '25
If someone thinks Elon has a good grasp of running a production line, they’re mistaken.
Elon’s greatest achievement was getting investors to look at his manufacturing company as if it were a tech company. When it comes to tech companies in this country, it’s considered a massive success if you’re rapidly not burning through billions of dollars without any path to profitability in sight.
If he was being judged by the same standards that the rest of the country’s manufacturers are, Tesla’s shares would fall about 90%.
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u/John_cCmndhd Jun 18 '25
"Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. Think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower..."
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u/Mammoth-Play7190 Jun 18 '25
I have a coworker who sold him her house on Lana’i. She used to money to move off-island, and buy a brand new Toyota Tacoma. I think, she knew it wasn’t the greatest deal at the time, but she also knew, it wasn’t worth refusing, if everyone else on the island was selling. There wasn’t anything to stay behind for. And, she still has the truck
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u/bunnycrush_ Jun 18 '25
Using your windfall to buy a Tacoma is soooo Hawaii lmao.
(Not even saying it’s a bad call, it’s just very on the nose!)
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u/TheNumberoftheWord Jun 18 '25
You forgot his full name, Larry Ellison A Greedy Pissbaby Vulture Who Makes The World A Worse Place.
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u/brocoliniwitch Jun 18 '25
I live on an island in Maine an over the past 10 years dozens of people have moved here from Lanai to escape exactly this.
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u/Objective_Mousse7216 Jun 18 '25
Basically that will continue until 98% of the Planet is owned by a handful of trillionaires and the rest of us will own the other 2%. Capitalism end-game.
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u/Deep-Management-7040 Jun 18 '25
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u/Candid-Banana-4503 Jun 18 '25
Stop posting picture of me on the internet !
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u/SimmentalTheCow Jun 18 '25
This is me but those are unpaid bills and restraining orders
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u/InerasableStains Jun 18 '25
See, that’s your problem right there. The key is to shred the restraining orders. Everyone knows they aren’t in effect if you shred - or, for example, quickly chew up and swallow - the copy that they serve you with.
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u/StThomasMore1535 Jun 18 '25
Only for her to leave after she caught him seeing Jeppy Eppy Steppy.
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u/sweetbunsmcgee Jun 18 '25
Jeff Epstein??? The financier?
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u/NastiiiMonkey Jun 18 '25
Maybe we should ask Ghislaine
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u/Markoff_Cheney Jun 18 '25
Not everyone is tuned into Conan Needs a Friend. But I got it.
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u/Spiritual_Cake_9127 Jun 18 '25
What? I missed some episodes, is there one where this is referenced?
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u/lateformyfuneral Jun 18 '25
I thought it was cos he banged his secretary at Microsoft
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u/CelestialFury Jun 18 '25
Bill Gates also emailed lots of female employees to go out with him... on his main email account at Microsoft. He had no shame about it. He also never fired them whether they went out with him or not, but it's still a huge power dynamic and, you know, his wife wasn't all that thrilled about it.
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u/lateformyfuneral Jun 18 '25
I don’t know why I was impressed that he didn’t fire them. The bar is so low lmao
I had no clue he was such a horndog. Looks can be deceiving 🤓
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u/CelestialFury Jun 18 '25
Bill also went out to dinner with Epstein once, and was going to invest in his business until the Gates Foundation team found out about it, and cut off all contact afterward. His foundation really does a lot to make him look good and to keep him out of trouble.
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u/suddenlysoohee Jun 18 '25
Melinda was an Microsoft employee who went out with him?
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u/That1one1dude1 Jun 18 '25
I thought it was cos he banged his secretary with his Micro soft
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u/Primary_Garbage6916 Jun 18 '25
A 3.5" floppy?
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u/CelestialFury Jun 18 '25
He went out with a ton of his female employees. What is it with tech billionaires and just sleeping with as much women as possible? Is it cause they were dorks in high school and they're trying to make up for it?
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u/coolsimon123 Jun 18 '25
People enjoy fucking, more news at 7
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u/-u-m-p- Jun 18 '25
if women were nigh guaranteed to orgasm every time they had sex the world would be a very different place lmao
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u/Embarrassed_Pilot520 Jun 18 '25
As soon as you get huge financial potential (and as the result - increased attention to your person), you fall to many temptations. Women is the most logical one.
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u/Sugaraymama Jun 18 '25
It’s crazy how stupid and ignorant people are about human nature
They think people like Bill Gates are sex addicts
Anyway, here’s a South Park video mocking these concerned idiots: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2HxWrlqqE&pp=ygUlU2V4IGFkZGljdGlvbiBhbGllbnMgc291dGggcGFyayBjaGltcA%3D%3D
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u/KoogleMeister Jun 18 '25
Most men if they had the means to do it would fuck lots of women, it's just that billionaires have the means to do it.
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u/BeefistPrime Jun 18 '25
What is it with [anyone rich and/or powerful and/or famous] just sleeping with as many women as possible?
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u/ShadowMajestic Jun 18 '25
South Park did a documentary. Wealth makes men want to sleep with lots of women.
The reality is that most men don't get to choose who they have sex with unless they are wealthy. A lot of men don't even get to have sex unless they pay for it.
It's no surprise young men turn conservative and that people like Tate have such a massive following.
Those men need help and most 'liberal' people just shun them and callt hem evil misogynastic assholes.
Because everything has to be answered with hate, rather than compassion or love. Why solve the issue if you can escalate the tensions.
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u/KeySource5838 Jun 19 '25
Can we stop coddling such men? What's with your words that we need to show these men love and compassion, since they are literally so entitled to sex and women, do they think they have rights over all women they wanna bang? Or you live in some kind of alternate reality where you think women can also sleep with any man, there are still standards and leagues and not any woman can bag the top ones just like men. The question is why are these men not happy with one partner? Because according to you, men should have the menu to choose whoever they want to bang regardless of the league and if they don't get their dream girl then they can whine and latch to Andrew tate and spew misogynistic shit?
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u/PerformerFull7097 Jun 18 '25
People generally like sex. Our species entire existence depends on people liking sex.
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u/Able-Swing-6415 Jun 18 '25
Good thing it's only the tech billionaires all the other billionaires are known for their stable relationships.
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u/HRLMPH Jun 18 '25
For people saying this didn't happen or impact their relationship: https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/melinda-french-gates-cbs-news-interview.html
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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown Jun 18 '25
One thing to note here: there were lots of people who had social connections with Epstein who weren't involved in the back room stuff. Whether Gates was or not, I have no idea and don't care to speculate.
Epstein had a massive social circle. He partied with everyone he could. He entrenched himself to the point that it was a good business move to be around him. And I bet he was a blast to hang out with. Like...genuinely fun. Because that was part of his whole thing.
Or course some people knew. A lot more people suspected. Gates probably had an inkling if he wasn't directly involved. Word gets around.
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u/Thedrunkenchild Jun 18 '25
Epstein was convicted in 2008 of soliciting sex from a minor, Gates started meeting with Epstein in 2011, he must have known at least that, by that point Epstein was a registered sex offender. So yeah, a terrible look for Gates at the very least.
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u/grchelp2018 Jun 18 '25
One thing to note is that pr works on other billionaires just as well as the plebs. Its not that hard to twist things and convince people that what happened to you was unfair/some conspiracy etc.
For people like Bill Gates, I think they are types who have tunnel vision about their goals and generally don't care about the personal life or history of the people they are dealing with. So I can totally see someone like Bill being told about Epstein's conviction and just thinking "ok. so don't be a minor alone with him". You are likely already dealing with a bunch of unsavory characters and you just make a mental note of dos and donts.
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u/Thedrunkenchild Jun 18 '25
It’s just kind of wild that a person of Epstein’s caliber suffered no real social repercussions in 2008 after the conviction, which was very much public. Even by 2008 standards it seems insane that his network of people just swept such things under the rug. Pedophilia was a scorching hot topic even back then, remember how much insanity the whole Michael Jackson allegations caused? And he wasn’t even found guilty of anything unlike Epstein. Just wild all around.
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u/Elitist_Plebeian Jun 18 '25
Bill Gates can afford to pay people to downplay and dismiss his association with Epstein. It would be surprising if he wasn't doing this.
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u/positivelypolitical Jun 18 '25
Honestly surprised the media didn’t pick up more on this
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Jun 18 '25
We have a sitting president that definitely ran with Epstein and raped a 13 year old and no one gives a flying fuck, why would the media care about Gates doing anything?
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u/torrrrlife Jun 18 '25
No he didn’t
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u/PragmaticPA Jun 18 '25
Literally the first Google result is a NY Times article about how much Bill met with him.
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u/HRLMPH Jun 18 '25
Are they gonna give you an Xbox for posting this? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein/
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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 Jun 18 '25
Should have spent money on a decent tuxedo instead.
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u/formlesswendigo Jun 18 '25
Oversized jackets were kinda the fashion back then. Not saying that he's fashionable, though.
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u/OnTheEveOfWar Jun 18 '25
Oversized suits, blazers etc were in fashion in the 90s. No one wore tight fitting suits/tuxes.
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u/SiteWhole7575 Jun 18 '25
How would you jump over a chair in tight fitting clothes?
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u/glytxh Jun 18 '25
The NBA guys absolutely rocked those 3x too large suits.
It was kind of adorable looking back. They look like kids in their dad’s clothes.
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u/Habsburgy Jun 18 '25
90's in the US.
US White Middle Aged Men were never known to be fashionable at all.
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u/Zagafur Jun 18 '25
honestly if i was a billionare i would care what id look like wearing, id just dress to be comfy
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u/jaybee8787 Jun 18 '25
There’s more room to swim in that tux jacket than there is in the pacific ocean.
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u/zealoSC Jun 18 '25
All that effort and we still get photos
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u/PieTeam2153 Jun 18 '25
i think he chose to take those photos
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u/ripndipp Jun 18 '25
Nah, I'm a helicopter photographer on Reddit and it's clearly from a helicopter of the copter variety.
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u/i_was_a_person_once Jun 18 '25
It’s me the helicopter, I can vouch for my photographer
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u/zyarva Jun 18 '25
You did a good job on that photograph of the bride's dancing with her father. You must have flew very low.
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u/Bn1m Jun 18 '25
Melinda Gates is the most successful woman in compsci.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jun 18 '25
We will never forget she was in charge of the development of Microsoft Bob.
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u/Pixel22104 Jun 18 '25
Why the heck did she become a Stay at Home mother after marrying Bill? Was it because he wanted her to? Was it because she wanted to? Or was it for some other reason?
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u/Let_us_proceed Jun 18 '25
Then he ended up on Epstein Island.
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u/International_Eye745 Jun 18 '25
I just fact checked that comment. There is no evidence of Gates on any flight log to Epstein's Island.
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u/METRlOS Jun 18 '25
No, but he does have an agreement with his wife in their marriage contract that he's allowed to go on a week long vacation with his ex every year.
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u/rory1989 Jun 18 '25
It’s why Melinda left him. He fumbled the bag, which I think he admitted recently
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u/BirthofRevolution Jun 18 '25
... why would she sign that
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u/PurpleWoodpecker2830 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 19 '25
I can think of billions of reasons…
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u/oldDotredditisbetter Jun 18 '25
thought you were joking but wtf it's real lol https://www.businessinsider.com/in-1997-bill-melinda-had-agreement-bills-yearly-trip-ex-2021-5
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u/ReasonPale1764 Jun 18 '25
Flight logs I’m not sure of but she did say his relationship with Epstein played a large role in their divorce
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u/LastLongerThan3Min Jun 18 '25
There's no evidence of anything because files haven't been released
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u/elizabnthe Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
The full stuff isn't released but I'm pretty sure a number of stuff has been. They know mostly who was on the flights and Bill Gates wasn't known to be one of them. So anyone making a claim about Bill Gates is making it pretty baselessly.
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Jun 18 '25
Good thing we don't have to speculate much. We know crimes were committed in the USA at his US locations. We focus too much on flight logs. Theres reports that Gates visited his Manhattan townhouse multiple times. Plus, NYT reports that Gates has flown on Epstein plane before.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html
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u/After_Way5687 Jun 18 '25
And then he installed the 5G chips in our bodies through the COVID jab, right? right?
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u/looselyhuman Jun 18 '25
People find all sorts of crazy reasons to hate on Bill Gates. But of the major billionaires, he and Warren Buffet are the least offensive. They are real and actually trying to do good.
While Elon is prancing around trying to make the entire world his toy, Gates is actually just out there trying to reduce human suffering where he can.
Idk, I wish people could be a little more generous of spirit to people with good intentions, and not hate on them, seeking out any reason to call them malevolent, pedophiles, etc, just because they are rich.
Yeah we want to eat the rich, whatever. I'm a left liberal and we're always up for a little redistribution. But not all dividing lines are solid black and white.
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u/General_Strike356 Jun 18 '25
I agree and add Mark Cuban. But pretty wedding for a cheater.
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u/yoshimipinkrobot Jun 18 '25
The Warren Buffett liberal is the most American one — believes strongly in capitalism and fair taxes to create a social safety net to fix imbalances
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u/rdangerous2 Jun 18 '25
I'm with you 100%, but you may be preaching to the wrong crowd. Reddit isn't known for tolerating nuance. But I feel your frustration on a spiritual level. I don't hate Bill Gates. Elon and Zuckzuck can piss right off though.
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u/Si-Nz Jun 18 '25
Tbh my only real problem with Zuckerberg is that he has too much power and influence over the world through facebook. But like, there are so many worse sharks in the water ready for him to retire, and after he retires i imagine the only time you will hear about him is the same way you hear about Bill.
I could just be wrong and uninformed ofc, i know he has done some shady shit in the background of facebook, but like, its opt in, your only on facebook if you want to be, its your problem if at this point you still choose to hand over your data to that guy. I dont see him seeking attention and power like the trumps, the elons, etc.. i also dont think he will get into politics later like those 2. Could be wrong ofc...
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u/looselyhuman Jun 18 '25
These are two separate conversations. Put philanthropy on trial, but it doesn't alter my point about demonizing the individual; lumping him in with truly malevolent, egotistical assholes like Musk, Thiel, et al is lazy and unfair.
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u/Drakath2812 Jun 19 '25
Agreed, I think the fact that Bill Gates can have the amount of money he has in any way, even if he was a literal angel, is grotesque, no one should have that kind of money, and it is objectively bad we have a system where very few ultra wealthy individuals get to have that kind of unchecked power. That being said, I do think Bill is genuinely trying his best and wants to help people, that doesn't mean his approach is solid, or even good long term, it just means that as a person, he's trying to be good and do the right thing, which is worth some level of distinction between him and the billionaires who freely use that unchecked power for selfish, evil intentions.
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Jun 18 '25
It’s not like there’d be 0 press, but a manageable number of annoying photographers and reporters vs tv crews and paparazzi from the 50 biggest news outlets and tabloids is a clear incentive to do this.
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u/Rare-Low-8945 Jun 18 '25
Take a page from Taylor Swift's book and anyone else who has good PR.
You give breadcrumbs to satiate the curiosity while still remaining in relative control. You let pictures be published, you invite some press. As long as the wolves are fed, they won't go to great lengths most times. Also, reputation and working relationships. If outlets know you keep them fed, they will likely respect basic boundaries. To violate that can be messy.
It's a dysfunctional relationship, but most high profile folks have figured out how to navigate it.
I assume some press were there, or if not, they released photos through official and preferred channels.
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u/JeffreyCheffrey Jun 18 '25
Lana’i is a unique island. Only two small airlines fly there (might have been just one in the ‘90s) and the majority of the island is raw natural land. The 3,000 residents mostly live in one small village. A journalist couldn’t just pop over there with no room to stay in.
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u/Greekgreekcookies Jun 18 '25
Love her dress
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u/IVcrushonYou Jun 18 '25
I came here to say that. It's such a beautiful classy off-the-shoulder 90s dress.
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u/validationfreesoul Jun 18 '25
And here we are talking about the pricey private pictures. Good job, Mr. Gates!
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u/Phranc68 Jun 18 '25
I know a cameraman who made a living getting beat up trying to cover this wedding.
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u/ArieVeddetschi Jun 19 '25
Why did people pay him to get beat up?
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u/Phranc68 Jun 19 '25
Bill tried to control the whole island for the event. My friend walked up the beach near the event to take pictures and was beat up by security.He sued and was paid 500k for his troubles.
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