Bill Gates is shedding houses that are part of his $132 million Xanadu 2.0 compound-a reversal from his feelings about downsizing | Fortune
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Bill Gates is shedding houses that are part of his $132 million Xanadu 2.0 compound-a reversal from his feelings about downsizing | Fortune
"My house in Seattle, I admit, is gigantic. My sisters have downsized. I can't. I like the houses I have,"
"My kids like to come back-that is a luxury. I don't cook, I don't make my own bed, but I don't mind if no one has made it-I wouldn't notice."
"Whatever questions remain there ... for those people, and for even my ex-husband, they need to answer to those things, not me,"
"And I am so happy to be away from all the muck that was there."
Bill Gates listed a $4.8 million, four-bedroom, three-bath property in Medina that sits next to his primary 66,000-square-foot Xanadu 2.0 mansion. The listed home is about 2,800 square feet and was purchased through an LLC shortly after his 1994 marriage; records show a roughly $1 million purchase in 1995. The Xanadu 2.0 estate was appraised at $132 million in 2025. Gates has acquired surrounding wooded land, smaller homes, and lots over decades to create a privacy buffer along Lake Washington. Melinda French Gates has said people mentioned in the Epstein files need to answer to those allegations.
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