- At a talk hosted by
- ,
- said his biggest regret as a student was not socializing more.
- Gates revealed that
- , former Microsoft CEO, would force him to go to fraternity-like parties. "I was so antisocial I wouldn't have even known they existed, but Steve Ballmer decided I needed some exposure to, I guess, drinking."
- He’s not the only
- who has this type of regret about college.
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'I missed a lot': Bill Gates regrets not partying and going to football games at Harvard
In a Harvard Q&A, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said he spent his time in college studying — and while that worked out in the end, he wishes he'd spent more time socializing and
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The 62-year-old billionaire sat down with Harvard students on Thursday. One Gates Millennium Scholar had a particularly revealing question for him.
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Plenty of household names regret studying too much, and socializing too little, in their youth.
College is a crucial time to meet people — both lifelong friends and casual conversation partners.
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Watch the hour-long Q&A here.
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