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I have never heard that before. Do you have a reference? What I have read is that Bill Gates's mother was on board of directors of United Way with the chairman of IBM.

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I agree with you. Looking at Bill Gate Sr's wiki, it shows he worked at Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP or a firm he co-founded before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_Sr.

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