A repost from those carefree days of early January 2020.
From Sputnik, December 25, 2019:
Back in his college days, top Indian industrialist Anand Mahindra, the chairman of multinational car manufacturing corporation – Mahindra Group – studied in Harvard University with many geniuses of the present day.
On Tuesday, Mahindra revealed to his 7.4 million followers on Twitter that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was also in the same Harvard class as he was in 1973.
As their father’s classmate, Gates’ success and achievements reduced Mahindra to a mere ‘loser’ in the eyes of his kids, the Indian industrialist has shared in good humour on the micro-blogging platform.
Bill kept his cool & asked “Why the grudge?” I replied: ‘My daughter asked which of my college classmates were now famous & when I told her your name, she said:’What a loser you are Dad!’ So thanks to you, I’ll always be a loser to my kids!’ We had a big laugh at that..(4/4)r pic.twitter.com/6ahkLwNqUm
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) December 24, 2019
Mahindra took a nostalgic trip down memory lane and shared some previously unheard of tales today after Twitter user Ramesh Babu shared a monochromatic yesteryear screenshot of the (then young) Indian tycoon sitting and chatting with Gates in what appeared to be a meeting.Mr. Mahindra seems to be pretty well-centered. One of our visits from 2017:
The screenshot was captured from a Netflix original docu-series titled – “Inside Bill’s Brain – Decoding Bill Gates” – that was released back in September this year.
As part of his tweet, Babu casually tagged Mahindra asking him what the discussion with Gates back then was all about.....MORE
Some things I probably won't be doing today.
Via Anand Mahindra (yes, that Anand Mahindra!):
And on a Sunday afternoon, even as I recline on a couch, I can let my spirit soar along with these crazy people who accept no limits. Rise! pic.twitter.com/clChKtzNMl
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 26, 2017
And finally, I wonder if Mr. Mahindra is aware of this tidbit from July 1, 2011 (it was on all the better blogs):
"Bill Gates’ Children Mock Him With ‘Billionaire’ Song"
From The Wealth Report:
Lots of people have poked fun at Bill Gates over the years, from David Letterman to Bill himself (here on his “last day” video.)....MUCH MORE, including Bill's Retirement video which everyone should see at least once before they die.
His children get to make fun of their dad every day. Often, in song.
According to this article in London’s Daily Mail, Gates’ children’s favorite way to taunt dad is to sing him “Billionaire,” by Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars.
“The Billionaire song is what my kids tease me with,” he said. “They sing it to me. It’s funny.”
For those unfamiliar with the song, here are some lyrics, some of which Gates happily sang to the interviewer.
(BRUNO)
“I wanna be a billionaire so frickin bad
Buy all of the things I never had
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes Magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen...
If that copy of the retirement video is too rough we used another version in a November '19 post that might be cleaner.