When Invoice Gates stepped down from Microsoft’s board in 2020, it gave the impression to be the top of the entrepreneur’s nearly 4 many years on the tech big he co-founded in 1975. Although on his Gates Notes blog, he states he’s nonetheless a “technical advisor,” it wasn’t clear how a lot time he was truly spending on the firm.

Gates spent 25 years as CEO and transitioned right into a part-time function at Microsoft in June 2008. And regardless of formally stepping down in 2020, it seems to be like Gates by no means truly retired.

In a brand new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates mentioned that he’s nonetheless doing “product critiques” at Microsoft, and it takes up “possibly 15%” of the 69-year-old’s time.

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Gates additionally mentioned that he and present Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella nonetheless have a “very shut relationship.”

“I really like doing product critiques, and he brings me in to try this,” Gates mentioned. “It is possibly 15% of my time. It helps me keep up-to-date.”

^{Microsoft Co-founders Invoice Gates and Paul Allen pose for a portrait in 1984 in Seattle, Washington. (Picture by © Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)}

This can be a departure from April 2024, when Business Insider reported that Invoice Gates was working behind the scenes at Microsoft, and an organization spokesperson instructed the outlet, “Invoice shouldn’t be at Microsoft and never concerned right here.”

So, it does not appear like Gates will probably be totally retired anytime quickly.

As his weblog says: “I’ve a entrance seat view to all of the superb work the corporate continues to do in my present function as a expertise advisor, and I am unable to wait to see what’s subsequent.”

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