OR Phoebe Gatesdaughter of the billionaire co -founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, seems to reveal that her father has Asperger’s syndromea form autism.

In accordance with Independentduring a recent episode of the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy“, The 22 -year -old was asked by journalist Alex Cooper about what it is like to bring boys home and know her to her father. Her answer was revealing:

“For boys it is scary. For me it is hilarious, because my father is quite socially embarrassed. As he himself has said, he has an Asperger. So I find it very funny. “

The 69 -year -old developer and philanthropist has not publicly talked about a possible diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. However, in his book “Source Code” released in 2025, he writes that if he grew up today, he would probably have been diagnosed within the ASD spectrum (ASD).

“If I grew up today, they would probably give me a diagnosis of the autism spectrum. When I was a kid, there was no wide understanding that some people process the information differently. “

Gates describes his childhood, where he was obsessed with specific issues, did not perceive social signals and behaved in ways that were often considered inappropriate, without realizing his influence on others.

He then notes that the term “neurotransmitter” had not even been devised until the 1990s and that there were no diagnostic tools for autism until the 1980s, when he was already an adult.

In an interview with Axios earlier this year, Gates remembered the first time someone said to him, “Are you in the spectrum?” and its original reaction:

“I thought: But what about the good? I run a company! But then I understood it. It is probably true. The point with the spectrum is that it is complicated. “