Bill Gates, worth $96 billion, snapped patiently waiting in line at Dick's Drive-In in Seattle

Bill Gates, worth $96 billion, snapped patiently waiting in line at Dick's Drive-In in Seattle

Bill Gates is a loved and respected figure across the world thanks to his philanthropical work, and his $95.6 billion fortune means he can count himself as the second-richest person in the world.

But never has the Microsoft founder allowed his success to get to his head, with the 63-year-old known for his warm and humble demeanor, which was on display once again in Seattle this past weekend.

 

In a photo that has now gone viral, the business magnate can be seen patiently waiting in line at a Dick's Drive-In in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle on Sunday, January 13, with several other customers.

A meal at the franchise would have cost Gates all of $7.68 — a deluxe burger for $3.40, fries for $1.90, and a large coke for $2.38. To put into context how little that is for a man worth close to a $100 billion, his companies see him earn close to $115 every second.

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Nonetheless, sporting a red sweater, gray pants, and black sneakers, the 63-year-old looked least bothered, much to the delight of netizens. The picture was first posted on a private group by Microsoft alum Mike Galos but quickly made its way around and now has over 17,000 likes and 15,000 shares.

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Galos uploaded the snap with the caption, "When you're worth about $100,000,000,000, run the largest charity in the history of the world and stand in line for a burger, fries, and Coke at Dick's like the rest of us..." He added, "THIS is how real rich people behave unlike the gold toilet seat wannabe poser in the White House," taking a shot at president Donald Trump in the process.

"Bill's not big on attention but is generally friendly and understands he's a bit of a celebrity...I've chatted with him at parties before but on the street or in a restaurant I don't know him well enough to go over and say hi," he said in one of the comments, adding he also often ran into former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

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Galos also said he had run into Gates at Burgermaster on Northup and at a couple of Thai places in Bellevue and that both Burgermaster and Dick's were his favorites.

It was confirmed by the 63-year-old himself during an appearance at the University of Washington in 2011, according to the Daily Mail.

"I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that," he reportedly said. "But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it's the same hamburger. Dick's has not raised their prices enough."

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