Raising BillGates By ROBERT A. GUTH SE By ROBERT A. GUTH SEATTLE -- Spend time..Spend time with the family of BillGates, and eventually someone will mention th..or the shower, the young Mr. Gates snapped. The incident lives in Gates family ..cause it was a rare time that BillGates Sr., father of his famous namesake, los..t him on course to become the BillGates whom the public knows as co-founder of ..rld's richest man. Behind the BillGates success story is the other William Gate..ss story is the other William Gates. The senior Mr. Gates balanced a family thro..ressure on the son, the elder Gates step..largest private philanthropy. Gates Fami..all Street Journal William H. Gates at h.. neighborhood of Seattle, WA. BillGates Sr., 83 years old, is now co-chair of h..$30 billion philanthropy, the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. He has avoided th..with The Wall Street Journal, BillGates Sr., BillGates and their family shared BillGates and their family shared many and their family shared many details of..for the first time, including BillGates Jr.'s experience in counseling and how ..-time seven months ago at the Gates Foun.. the father has been the sole Gates fami.. first time. At six-foot-six, BillGates Sr. is nearly a full head taller than h.. more social than the younger BillGates, but they share a sharp intellect and a..d be my future employer, Mr. Gates Sr. ..bout the time he was 11, Mr. Gates Sr. ..iews. That's about when young Bill became an adult, says Bill Sr., and an increa.. family. Until that time, the Gates home had been peaceful. Bill Sr. and his wif.. three children: Kristi; then Bill, born..olved in his kids' lives, Mr. Gates Sr. ..ake, his oldest daughter. Mr. Gates Sr. ..hter of a Seattle banker, Ms. Gates had ..ol and college, where she met Bill Sr. S..rved on corporate boards. Ms. Gates enco..orts and take music lessons. (BillGates tried the trombone with little success...ome. For the most part, young Bill dutif..f us, says Libby Armintrout, Bill's you
