Da Nang – On the evening of March 7th, the private jet of American billionaire Bill Gates departed from Da Nang International Airport, concluding his four-day vacation with his girlfriend.
The private jet took off at 9:22 PM. Flight information is displayed once the plane is airborne and the radar is activated. The weather in Da Nang on the evening of March 7th was dry with light fog.
Billionaire Bill Gates' Gulfstream G650ER aircraft departed Da Nang on the evening of March 7th. Photo: Nguyen Dong
During their four-day trip , he and his girlfriend stayed at a five-star resort on the Son Tra peninsula. They enjoyed tea together and meditated under the guidance of a Vietnamese tea master on the evening of March 6th at Ban Co Peak. The billionaire and his girlfriend also played tennis and pickleball on the afternoon of March 7th at the resort's outdoor court.
Besides Bill Gates' trip, Da Nang has recently attracted many wealthy Indian couples to hold their weddings. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoai An, Deputy Director of the Da Nang City Department of Tourism, said that Bill Gates' vacation has helped the city confidently pursue the path of developing high-quality tourism that it has set out for many years. City leaders sent a welcoming letter, thanking him for choosing Da Nang as his tourist destination this time.
Bill Gates played tennis in Da Nang on the afternoon of March 7th. Photo: Nguyen Dong
Bill Gates returned to Vietnam after 18 years and embarked on a personal trip to Da Nang starting on the morning of March 4th. Prior to his trip to Vietnam, on the evening of March 1st, the Microsoft founder and his girlfriend Paula Kalupa attended a $120 million party celebrating the upcoming marriage of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's son.
In 2006, he visited Vietnam for a one-day trip and met with representatives from the IT industry. During that trip, he spent an afternoon visiting Tu Son district in Bac Ninh province, where he tried chewing betel nut and listened to Quan Ho folk music.
Bill Gates, born in 1955, is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software corporation. He has held positions as chairman, CEO, and chief software architect. He is considered one of the pioneers of the computer revolution in the 1970s and 1980s. Since 1987, he has been on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires and held the title of the world's richest person from 1995 to 2017, except for the years 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
After leaving his executive role at Microsoft in 2008, he continued to pursue business and philanthropic endeavors. He is the founder and chairman of several companies, including BEN, Cascade Investment, TerraPower, bgC3, and Breakthrough Energy. He also donates significant amounts of money to charity and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropic organization.
As of March, he had a net worth of $149 billion and was the fifth richest person in the world.
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