Bill Gates is relieved his daughter founded her business without his financial input.
The Microsoft co-founder, 69, confessed he had concerns when his youngest daughter, Phoebe, informed him that she would be starting a business with her former Stanford University roommate, Sophia Kianni.
Phoebe, 22, and Kianni, 23, teamed up to make Phia, an app that offers shoppers an easy way to compare the prices of new and used items across thousands of e-commerce sites.
“I thought, ‘Oh boy, she’s going to come and ask [for money],’ ” Bill told The New York Times in an interview published April 24. He added his initial thoughts on her wanting to join the competitive e-commerce space, saying, “Wow, a lot of people have tried, and there’s some big guys in there.”
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