SimplyAbuDhabi XXXVII

How does the world’s second richest man relax? by Alice Thomson Writing code, running Microsoft and making $98 billion by the time he was 40 was great, but nothing compared with what Bill Gates is doing now - saving millions of lives. Alice Thomson travels to Ethiopia with the philanthropist and discovers what really motivates him - and how he unwinds. ‘Melinda and I meditate most days, on chairs next to each other’ Bill Gates is not wearing a seatbelt. I worry about his safety as we speed along the cleared roads of Addis Ababa flanked by military outriders, but his aides either don’t notice or know not to mention it, so I decide I shouldn’t wear one either. The goats have been cleared, the pavements swept, but Gates is not looking out of the windows. He is providing me with facts, data and population figures and explaining how many more lives he can save on this continent. 048 | SIMPLY INFLUENTIAL SIMPLY INFLUENTIAL | 049 The Times Magazine / News Licensing