Bill Gates' daily driver choice is a major surprise given his impressive private car collection

Bill Gates’ daily driver choice is a major surprise, given his extensive private car collection.

The Microsoft co-founder has earned billions, and he’s spent it well over the years, particularly on charity endeavors.

But he’s also spent some of his fortune growing a huge car collection.

However, Bill Gates’ daily driver would take people by surprise.

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Bill Gates’ daily driver is not what you’d expect

If you were to look at Bill Gates’ car collection, you could draw several conclusions.

One – this man has a lot of money to spare.

Two – he sure likes Porsches.

In fact, he has a Porsche 959 and a Porsche Taycan EV, in addition to formerly owning a Porsche 930 Turbo.

But one car in particular stood out as something of a dark horse.

That car is the Tesla Model X, which Gates showed off in a video interview with sci-fi author Neal Stephenson.

In the video, Gates took the author for a drive around Seattle.

Why is it a surprise that the 69-year-old billionaire would settle on a Tesla as his car of choice?

Well, let’s just say that Gates hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

According to Walter Isaacson’s 2022 biography on the South African billionaire, Gates paid Musk a visit hoping to persuade him to give away more of his money to charity.

The two had differing views on a number of topics, including Musk’s push to move people to Mars.

In addition to that, there was some tension due to Gates betting against Tesla’s stock, CNN reported.

All of this to say – the two men probably aren’t on Christmas card terms at this point.

So why is Gates’ daily driver a Tesla Model X?

He hasn’t explicitly laid out his reasons, but we have to imagine that the Model X being a family car is appealing to him.

With seven seats inside, it works great for the dad-of-three.

The luxurious life of a billionaire philanthropist

Gates has a net worth of $117 billion, which is an absolutely humongous fortune.

With all the money he’s earned over his extensive career, he’s indulged in some of the finer things in life.

There was this $400m yacht, which he rented so he could chopper into a private tennis court.

He also purchased a street in Florida just so his daughter could pursue her dream of becoming an elite show jumper.

But don’t think that he’s spoiling his kids – his kids are set to inherit just a small amount of his fortune.

Most of his money will be going to charity.

If he could somehow convince Musk to do the same thing, imagine how much these charities would be getting.

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