比爾·蓋茨：孩子們將繼承不到1%的財富
Eleanor Pringle
2025-04-03
? 微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨計劃把不到1%的財富留給孩子們,。他認(rèn)為,，與其繼承巨額財富，子女不如靠自己打拼出一番成就,。在科技界一些有影響力的家族中,，這種做法并不鮮見,，比如蘋果創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫?喬布斯和亞馬遜的杰夫?貝索斯都表示,，比起財富世代傳承，更注重慈善事業(yè),。
跟其他幾位億萬富翁一樣,，比爾·蓋茨公開表示，大部分財富不會留給孩子們,。實際上子女只能繼承不到1%,。
不過，如果你是微軟創(chuàng)始人,，哪怕只是財富的一小部分,，也超過10億美元了。
根據(jù)彭博億萬富翁指數(shù),，蓋茨身家達(dá)1620億美元,，其中的1%是16.2億美元。
所以,，蓋茨的三個子女不會像父親一樣富有,，但僅憑繼承的資產(chǎn)仍可能躋身全球最富有的前1%人群。根據(jù)全球房地產(chǎn)咨詢公司萊坊（Knight Frank）的定義,，排名前1%的富人凈資產(chǎn)為580萬美元或以上,。
本周,，蓋茨在沙馬尼的播客Figuring Out With Raj Shamani中表示，富裕家庭對遺產(chǎn)的分配主要取決于個人觀念,。
“每個人都有自己的決定,，”蓋茨補(bǔ)充說，“就我而言,，孩子們已經(jīng)享受了優(yōu)越的成長環(huán)境和良好的教育,，只是繼承的財富不到1%，因為我覺得留給他們太多錢并不是好事,?！?/p>
“我不想搞家族傳承，也沒要求他們經(jīng)營微軟,。我想給孩子們一個機(jī)會,，讓他們自己賺錢爭取成功?！?/p>
蓋茨此前曾告訴《每日郵報》（Daily Mail）,，會給每個孩子1000萬美元，還說留更多錢并沒有好處,。之后他有沒有改主意,，按照1%的比例分配財富，目前還不清楚,。
本周與沙馬尼對話時,，蓋茨還提到，希望孩子們能靠自己的能力干出一番“了不起”的事業(yè),，而不是只讓人記住“爆棚的運(yùn)氣和（父親留下的）財富”,。
他還說：“你肯定不希望孩子們對你給予的支持和愛產(chǎn)生誤解。所以,，我認(rèn)為早早解釋清楚理念很有必要,。讓他們知道你會公平對待他們，給他們最好的機(jī)會,，但巨額財富最好的去處還是通過基金會幫助最需要的人,。”
蓋茨的孩子們曾見證父母在小兒麻痹癥,、飲水衛(wèi)生以及研發(fā)對抗致命疾病的疫苗等事業(yè)上付出巨大努力,，他希望孩子們能為這些事業(yè)感到“自豪”。
他補(bǔ)充說：“我還遇到過有些孩子勸父母多做慈善,。我覺得年輕一代有時反而不太認(rèn)同財富只用來傳承的觀念,。”
億萬富翁的遺產(chǎn)
蓋茨并不是唯一一位不打算把巨額財富留給孩子的科技巨頭,。
蘋果公司已故創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫·喬布斯的妻子勞倫娜·鮑威爾·喬布斯就表示,，從丈夫繼承的數(shù)十億美元不會留給三個孩子,。
2020年這位喬布斯遺孀對《紐約時報》（New York Times）說，2011年喬布斯去世時身家約為70億美元,，他“對積累家族財富不感興趣”,。
“我從丈夫那里繼承的財富，他并不在意財富的積累,，”她說,，“我現(xiàn)在做這些事都是為了紀(jì)念他的貢獻(xiàn)。我這輩子都在盡我所能把財富合理分配出去,，用可持續(xù)的方式幫助個人和社區(qū)發(fā)展,。”
“如果我活得夠久,，就會散盡財富,。”
亞馬遜創(chuàng)始人杰夫·貝索斯表示,，大部分財富會捐贈給慈善機(jī)構(gòu),，不會留給四個孩子。
蓋茨補(bǔ)充說,，在科技巨頭中這種做法已成常態(tài)：“我認(rèn)為,，靠科技發(fā)家致富的人不那么熱衷家族財富傳承?！?/p>
“所以他們會把大部分資本捐出去,。可以選擇捐出資本,，也可以選擇只捐出收入,。我熱愛慈善事業(yè),，但科技行業(yè)的人在捐贈大部分財富方面,，可能是最積極的?！?財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者：梁宇
審校：夏林
? 微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨計劃把不到1%的財富留給孩子們,。他認(rèn)為，與其繼承巨額財富,，子女不如靠自己打拼出一番成就,。在科技界一些有影響力的家族中，這種做法并不鮮見,，比如蘋果創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫?喬布斯和亞馬遜的杰夫?貝索斯都表示,，比起財富世代傳承，更注重慈善事業(yè),。
跟其他幾位億萬富翁一樣,，比爾·蓋茨公開表示,，大部分財富不會留給孩子們。實際上子女只能繼承不到1%,。
不過,，如果你是微軟創(chuàng)始人，哪怕只是財富的一小部分,，也超過10億美元了,。
根據(jù)彭博億萬富翁指數(shù)，蓋茨身家達(dá)1620億美元,，其中的1%是16.2億美元,。
所以，蓋茨的三個子女不會像父親一樣富有,，但僅憑繼承的資產(chǎn)仍可能躋身全球最富有的前1%人群,。根據(jù)全球房地產(chǎn)咨詢公司萊坊（Knight Frank）的定義，排名前1%的富人凈資產(chǎn)為580萬美元或以上,。
本周,，蓋茨在沙馬尼的播客Figuring Out With Raj Shamani中表示，富裕家庭對遺產(chǎn)的分配主要取決于個人觀念,。
“每個人都有自己的決定,，”蓋茨補(bǔ)充說，“就我而言,，孩子們已經(jīng)享受了優(yōu)越的成長環(huán)境和良好的教育,，只是繼承的財富不到1%，因為我覺得留給他們太多錢并不是好事,?！?/p>
“我不想搞家族傳承，也沒要求他們經(jīng)營微軟,。我想給孩子們一個機(jī)會,，讓他們自己賺錢爭取成功?！?/p>
蓋茨此前曾告訴《每日郵報》（Daily Mail）,，會給每個孩子1000萬美元，還說留更多錢并沒有好處,。之后他有沒有改主意,，按照1%的比例分配財富，目前還不清楚,。
本周與沙馬尼對話時,，蓋茨還提到，希望孩子們能靠自己的能力干出一番“了不起”的事業(yè)，而不是只讓人記住“爆棚的運(yùn)氣和（父親留下的）財富”,。
他還說：“你肯定不希望孩子們對你給予的支持和愛產(chǎn)生誤解,。所以，我認(rèn)為早早解釋清楚理念很有必要,。讓他們知道你會公平對待他們,，給他們最好的機(jī)會，但巨額財富最好的去處還是通過基金會幫助最需要的人,?！?/p>
蓋茨的孩子們曾見證父母在小兒麻痹癥、飲水衛(wèi)生以及研發(fā)對抗致命疾病的疫苗等事業(yè)上付出巨大努力,，他希望孩子們能為這些事業(yè)感到“自豪”,。
他補(bǔ)充說：“我還遇到過有些孩子勸父母多做慈善。我覺得年輕一代有時反而不太認(rèn)同財富只用來傳承的觀念,?！?/p>
億萬富翁的遺產(chǎn)
蓋茨并不是唯一一位不打算把巨額財富留給孩子的科技巨頭。
蘋果公司已故創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫·喬布斯的妻子勞倫娜·鮑威爾·喬布斯就表示,，從丈夫繼承的數(shù)十億美元不會留給三個孩子,。
2020年這位喬布斯遺孀對《紐約時報》（New York Times）說，2011年喬布斯去世時身家約為70億美元,，他“對積累家族財富不感興趣”,。
“我從丈夫那里繼承的財富，他并不在意財富的積累,，”她說,，“我現(xiàn)在做這些事都是為了紀(jì)念他的貢獻(xiàn)。我這輩子都在盡我所能把財富合理分配出去,，用可持續(xù)的方式幫助個人和社區(qū)發(fā)展,。”
“如果我活得夠久,，就會散盡財富,。”
亞馬遜創(chuàng)始人杰夫·貝索斯表示,，大部分財富會捐贈給慈善機(jī)構(gòu),，不會留給四個孩子。
蓋茨補(bǔ)充說,，在科技巨頭中這種做法已成常態(tài)：“我認(rèn)為，靠科技發(fā)家致富的人不那么熱衷家族財富傳承,?！?/p>
“所以他們會把大部分資本捐出去。可以選擇捐出資本,，也可以選擇只捐出收入,。我熱愛慈善事業(yè)，但科技行業(yè)的人在捐贈大部分財富方面,，可能是最積極的,。”(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者：梁宇
審校：夏林
? Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates plans to leave his children less than 1% of his wealth, believing it’s better for them to find their own success than inherit vast fortunes. This trend is common among influential tech families, including Apple founder Steve Jobs and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who say they prioritize philanthropy over passing down generational wealth.
Like a handful of other billionaires, Bill Gates is open about the fact that his children won’t inherit the vast majority of his wealth. In fact, they’ll get less than 1% of it.
However, when you’re the man who founded Microsoft, even a fraction of your net worth still represents more than a billion dollars.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index, Gates is worth $162 billion—1% of that net worth is $1.62 billion.
So while the three Gates children won’t be worth as much as their father, their assets are still likely to place them in the top 1%—defined by global real estate consultants Knight Frank as someone worth $5.8 million or more.
Speaking to the Figuring Out With Raj Shamani podcast this week, Gates said the inheritance decisions of wealthy families come down to their personal beliefs.
“Everybody gets to decide on that,” Gates began, adding: “In my case my kids got a great upbringing and education but less than 1% of the total wealth because I decided it wouldn’t be a favor to them.
“It’s to a dynasty, I’m not asking them to run Microsoft. I want to give them a chance to have their own earnings and success.”
Gates previously told the Daily Mail he would be gifting his children $10 million each, saying it wouldn’t do them any favors to give them more. Whether his preferences have changed since then to reflect 1% of his wealth isn’t clear.
Speaking to Shamani this week, Gates added that he wanted his children to be “significant” in their own right and not “overshadowed by the incredible luck and good fortune [their father] had.”
He added: “You don’t want your kids to ever be confused about your support for them and your love for them. So I do think explaining early on your philosophy: that you’re going to treat them all equally and that you’re gonna give them incredible opportunities, but that the highest calling for these resources is to go back to the neediest through the foundation.”
Gates’ children have watched their parents work on causes such as polio, water sanitation, and vaccines against deadly diseases, to name a few—endeavors which their father hoped they would be “proud” of.
He added: “I’ve seen cases where kids actually tell their parents to be more philanthropic. I think the younger generation sometimes actually is pushing against this idea of the wealth just being passed down.”
Billionaire inheritances
Gates isn’t the only tech titan who hasn’t planned on passing his enormous wealth to his children.
Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, said the billions she inherited from her husband won’t be passed on to the three children they shared.
Jobs, estimated to have been worth approximately $7 billion when he died in 2011, “wasn’t interested” in building legacy wealth, his wife told the New York Times in 2020.
“I inherited my wealth from my husband, who didn’t care about the accumulation of wealth,” she said. “I am doing this in honor of his work, and I’ve dedicated my life to doing the very best I can to distribute it effectively, in ways that lift up individuals and communities in a sustainable way.
“If I live long enough, it ends with me.”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has similarly said he will be donating the vast majority of his wealth to charity as opposed to leaving it to his four children.
Gates added that this approach is becoming the norm among tech titans: “I think people who’ve made fortunes from technology are less dynastic.
“So they’ll take their capital and give a lot of that away. You can have the view of giving away your capital or just giving away your earnings. I love all philanthropy but the tech sectors, they’re probably the most aggressive about giving most of it away.”
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