Bill Gates Sr speaks about Gates Cambridge Scholarships during interview

  • July 20, 2009

Mr Bill Gates Sr. recently spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California.

During the interview, Mr Gates was asked “What makes you speechless?”. He replied that one thing that made him speechless was his “trips to Cambridge to meet Gates Cambridge Scholars”. He described the programme as “awesome” and said of the time he spends with Gates Scholars in Cambridge “it is something that I cherish greatly”.

Watch the interview

The section on the Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme is at 42 minutes and 25 seconds.

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