Ultra-privileged Phoebe Gates tried to game the system but ended up in big trouble — here’s why she did it
Tech Ultra-privileged Phoebe Gates tried to game the system but ended up in big trouble — here’s why she did it By Megan Palin and Marc Vartabedian Published Aug. Add The New York Post on Google Under fire Phoebe Gates once belonged to a secretive, invitation-only Stanford class called “So You Think You Can Rule the World?” where students are “taught how to identify vulnerabilities in systems of power,” The Post can reveal. Years before her shopping startup, Phia, was hit by allegations it exploited illegal loopholes, billionaire Bill Gates’ daughter, now 23, was among a hand-picked group of Stanford students in a secret society who study how power works — and, according to one former student, how to “hack” it.
- ▪Tech Ultra-privileged Phoebe Gates tried to game the system but ended up in big trouble — here’s why she did it By Megan Palin and Marc Vartabedian Published Aug.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google Under fire Phoebe Gates once belonged to a secretive, invitation-only Stanford class called “So You Think You Can Rule the World?” where students are “taught how to identify vulnerabilities in systems of powe
- ▪Years before her shopping startup, Phia, was hit by allegations it exploited illegal loopholes, billionaire Bill Gates’ daughter, now 23, was among a hand-picked group of Stanford students in a secret society who study how power works — and
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| Publication time | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0400 |
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