OK, so 1 percent might sound stingy at first, but if we do the math, that still works out at around $1 billion based on Forbes’s estimation that he’s worth about $108 billion. Going into more detail, Bill said leaving the kids any more than that “wouldn’t be a favor to them.”

Bill and Melinda Gates are all about giving back, so much so that their kids will not take all of their wealth when they pass.

Bill Gates revealed that his kids will get ‘less than 1%’ of his estimated $101 billion fortune in a new interview