Netizens go crazy over Bill Gates' daughter

Billionaire Bill Gates and his daughter. Photo: Bill Gates

In just 10 hours since it appeared on March 28, the photo of Bill Gates and his daughter has attracted nearly 50,000 likes with many comments praising the pure beauty of little Phoebe Adele Gates (who will turn 16 this September).

In a short caption on the photo, Mr. Gates wrote: "Daughter Phoebe and I read all kinds of books. We are big fans of the writer John Green."

Below, billionaire Gates shares with netizens his father and son's review of the book Turtles All the Way Down.by author Green, in which the main character isA 16 year old girl struggles with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Mr. Gates admitted to seeing some aspects of his own life in this literary work.

After the book was published last year, Mr. Gates and his daughter discovered they both liked the same character:Davis Pickett - son of an exiled billionaire.

"He was used to people around him flattering him to get close to his rich father. I don't hope to be like the decadent billionaire Russel - who only wanted to leave his fortune to his pet lizard and was investigated for fraud, but I think my children can learn something from Davis' experience" - Mr. Gates wrote in his review.

15-year-old Phoebe also shared her own feelings:

"I've never seen a book that describes what it's like to live in someone's shadow so well. The story shows how Davis struggles to find himself outside of his father's fame and wealth.

Even though our relationships with our fathers are very different, I feel his suffering, it's like how I find my own path in this life."

Phoebe is the youngest daughter of the Gates family, she has an older sister, Jennifer Katharine Gates, who is 21 years old this year.