Daughter of Bill Gates discloses her father's Asperger's syndrome diagnosis.
Phoebe Gates spilled the beans on the Call Her Daddy podcast, according to the New York Post. In a candid confession, 22-year-old Phoebe shared that her billionaire father, Bill Gates, is a tad socially awkward and has casually mentioned having Asperger's syndrome. To add to this, Phoebe disclosed that her love interests have often felt jittery about meeting the tech titan.
However, it's important to note that Bill Gates has never publicly validated a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome. In his 2025 memoir, Source Code, Gates hinted that if he were growing up in the current era, he would probably receive an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Yet, he stopped short of explicitly stating a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome. Gates has publicly expressed feelings of being different from his peers and exhibiting traits associated with neurodivergence, but he hasn't explicitly asserted having Asperger's syndrome[1][2].
In modern understanding, Asperger's syndrome is frequently viewed as a form of ASD. Nevertheless, Bill Gates has not officially confirmed such a diagnosis. Despite this, his conversations about feeling neurodivergent and potentially aligning with ASD characteristics have been a topic of discussion[1][2].
- Phoebe Gates revealed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that her father, Bill Gates, has mentioned having Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Bill Gates, in his 2025 memoir Source Code, hinted at his potential diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder, but did not explicitly state having Asperger's syndrome.
- Phoebe shared that her love interests have been uneasy about meeting her famous father due to his Asperger's-related social awkwardness.
- In contemporary discourse, Asperger's syndrome is commonly understood as a type of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Despite not formally confirming a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, Bill Gates has spoken freely about feeling neurodivergent and exhibiting traits associated with neurodivergence.
- The conversations about Bill Gates' potential alignments with ASD characteristics, including Asperger's syndrome, have become a subject of interest within health-and-wellness, mental-health, therapies-and-treatments, and neurological-disorders discussions.
