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Personal anecdote. I ran into Bill Gates and his dad at the Taj Mahal once when I was there visiting with family. I remember being struck with how tall he was, and their stark height difference! I was 22 at the time and being a huge fan, I walked up to them - except Bill jr thought I was trying to sell him something and preemptively said no thanks and started to walk away. Bill sr, however, took a minute and engaged with me with a smile and the two of them talked to me for a couple of minutes about the Taj and what got me into tech. I remembered this friendliness today on reading this. And that last line about overusing the word incredible really resonates. RIP.


For anyone curious, Bill Gates is 5'10", his father was 6'7". That's an inch taller than magician Penn Jillette.


5'10" = 1.78m, 6'7" = 2.01m


Thank you sir.


wow hard to believe he didn't get the tall genes, but got the smart ones. :D


5'10 is above the median nonetheless.


Only by 1"




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