Da Nang On the evening of March 7, American billionaire Bill Gates' private jet left Da Nang International Airport, ending his 4-day vacation with his girlfriend.
The plane took off at 9:22 p.m. Flight information was displayed once the plane was airborne and its radar was turned on. The weather in Da Nang on the evening of March 7 was clear and foggy.
Billionaire Bill Gates' Gulfstream G650ER aircraft leaves Da Nang on the evening of March 7. Photo: Nguyen Dong
During the 4-day trip , he and his girlfriend stayed at a 5-star resort on Son Tra Peninsula. They enjoyed tea together and meditated under the guidance of a Vietnamese tea artist on Ban Co Peak on the evening of March 6. The billionaire and his girlfriend also played tennis and pickleball at noon on March 7, on the court outside the resort.
In addition to Bill Gates' trip, Da Nang has recently attracted many wealthy Indian couples to hold weddings. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoai An, Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Tourism, said that billionaire Bill Gates' vacation helped the city confidently follow the path of developing high-quality tourism that has been set for many years. The city's leaders sent a letter of welcome, thanking him for choosing Da Nang as a tourist destination this time.
Bill Gates plays tennis in Da Nang, noon on March 7. Photo: Nguyen Dong
Bill Gates returned to Vietnam after 18 years and had a personal trip to Da Nang from the morning of March 4. Before his trip to Vietnam, on the evening of March 1, the Microsoft founder and his girlfriend Paula Kalupa attended a $120 million party to celebrate the upcoming wedding of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's son.
In 2006, he visited Vietnam for a one-day trip and met with representatives of the IT industry. During that trip, he spent a day visiting Tu Son district, Bac Ninh, where he tried chewing betel and listening to Quan Ho folk songs.
Bill Gates, born in 1955, is the co-founder of the world's largest software corporation Microsoft, having held the positions of 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 the Forbes list of world 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 projects. He is the founder and chairman of several companies including BEN, Cascade Investment, TerraPower, bgC3, and Breakthrough Energy. He also donates large sums of money to charities and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charity.
As of March, he had a fortune of $149 billion and was the fifth richest person in the world.
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