Meet Bill and Melinda Gates’ Gen Z daughter Phoebe, a Stanford graduate and activist who’s dating Paul McCartney’s grandson

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Bill and Phoebe Gates attending the Time100 Gala in June 2022.

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Phoebe Gates, 21, is the youngest daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates. 
She has over 240,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts about her life and passions. 
The Stanford graduate has her eye on a career in fashion and is dating Paul McCartney’s grandson.

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As one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates is a household name, and now we’re getting to know his youngest daughter, 21-year-old Phoebe, too.

Through her social-media pages, Phoebe Gates has been sharing her life with her hundreds of thousands of followers, from her stances on national issues to videos of bubble-tea dates with her dad.

With parents like Bill and Melinda Gates, it’s no surprise that she appears to be an overachiever: This month, she graduated from Stanford University after wrapping up her degree in three years. She’s already teased the release of her sustainable fashion tech platform, has attended fashion weeks around the globe, and has become an outspoken social activist. Oh, and she’s dating Paul McCartney’s grandson.

Here’s what we know about her life and interests based on what she’s shared on TikTok.

Phoebe Gates is the youngest daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates.

Bill and Melinda Gates.

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Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, who married in 1994 and divorced in 2021, have three children: Jennifer, 28, Rory, 25, and Phoebe, 21. The children all went to Seattle’s Lakeside School, a private high school their father also attended, and are now on different trajectories.

Jennifer is a decorated equestrian who just graduated from medical school, while Rory is a congressional analyst, according to a 2023 Puck report. While her brother stays out of the spotlight, Phoebe is sharing her life online, and has ambitions in the fashion industry.

The three Gates children will inherit at least some of their parents’ wealth: Bill Gates has said he plans to leave them “only” $10 million each.

“I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them,” Gates said in a 2013 Reddit “Ask Me Anything.” “Warren Buffett was part of an article in Fortune talking about this in 1986 before I met him, and it made me think about it and decide he was right.”

Today, nearly five decades after cofounding Microsoft, Bill Gates has a fortune of about $134 billion, according to Forbes. He left Microsoft’s board in 2020 — although is still reportedly “intimately involved” at the company — and has remained focused on the Gates Foundation, which he once ran with French Gates. She also became a billionaire following their divorce.

Gates just graduated from Stanford University, and she has previously vlogged about her college life.

Phoebe Gates at a January 2024 event, months before her graduation.

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In an interview with the sustainable fashion brand Reformation, which Gates promoted on her Instagram page in March 2023, the billionaire’s daughter said she was majoring in human biology at Stanford University. 

She has previously showcased her dorm room and filmed vlog-style updates about her life at college. In one clip posted in December 2022, she filmed herself riding a bike to a stats class, later showing herself making a very student-esque pasta dish for dinner.

In June 2024, she graduated after just three years, Nylon reported. At the ceremony, her mom, Melinda Gates, gave the commencement speech.

Phoebe Gates blogged her day for Nylon, sharing that she celebrated the milestone with a party attended by her mom and dad.

“So grateful to have my parents by my side on this day,” she wrote.

She is passionate about sustainable fashion and is pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities in the industry.

Sophia Kianni and Phoebe Gates at a June 2024 fashion event in New York City.

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On TikTok, Gates has previously posted about attending fashion week in Copenhagen and New York. She has also shared informational clips about sustainable fashion and promoted buying secondhand clothes. 

According to Vogue, Gates is co-launching her own fashion platform, called Phia, with her fellow Stanford student and roommate Sophia Kianni (pictured above left). The outlet reported that it has already landed a partnership with fashion house Stella McCartney for a bag collection that will celebrate women in tennis.

She is dating Paul McCartney’s grandson, Arthur.

Arthur Donald and Phoebe Gates at an event in New York City in January 2024.

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In her June 2024 graduation diary for Nylon, Gates shared photos of herself with her boyfriend, Arthur Donald. Alongside one of the images, she joked that he “cleans up nicely,” while in another, he carried her on his back.

Donald, 25, is the oldest of Paul McCartney’s eight grandchildren, People reported. He is the son of the Beatles’ star’s daughter Mary and her ex-husband, Alistair Donald.

He grew up in London and attended Yale University, according to People. He is an investor at the Collaborative Fund, a venture capital firm “for entrepreneurs pushing the world forward,” according to its website.

Gates and Donald were also pictured together at the premiere of “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” held in New York City in January.

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