Gates wasn't allowed to own a phone until she was 14.Bill Gates and Jennifer Gates attend Global Champions Tour of Monaco at Port de Hercule in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on June 30, 2018.
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While their father might be famous for founding Microsoft, Entrepreneur reported that the Gates kids had a "cap on screen time" growing up.
She earned a degree in human biology and took a year off to focus on her equestrian passion before going to medical school. She told Sidelines Magazine her childhood pediatrician inspired her to pursue medicine.
She said in a February 2021 Instagram post that her parents also sparked her passion for medicine.
She's an accomplished equestrian and has been riding since she was 6.
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One of her favorite horses is named Alex.
"He is super sweet, down-to-earth, easy-going, but you can also go fast and have a lot of confidence, so I am really excited about him," she told US Equestrian in November 2017.
He set about buying property in Wellington, Florida, a hot spot for wealthy equestrians. The Miami Herald reported he dropped $37 million to buy a whole string of properties near Laurene Powell Jobs' estate.
She's also gone up against other famous show jumpers born to celebrities and high-profile figures, like Michael Bloomberg's daughter Georgina, Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica, and Steven Spielberg's daughter Destry.
While she was a student at Stanford, Gates told the Horse Network that balancing school and horseback riding made her life "a little busy, but I love doing both."
Gates is enrolled at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine.
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Gates told The Chronicle of the Horse in March 2020 that all of her medical-school classes had been temporarily moved online because of the coronavirus.
According to her LinkedIn, she's expected to finish medical school this year.
She got engaged in early 2020, and married in October 2021.
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In January 2020, Gates announced her engagement to the renowned Egyptian equestrian Nayel Nassar. Nassar also attended Stanford University. "I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives learning, growing, laughing, and loving together," she wrote on Instagram at the time.
Gates has also expressed an interest in using her privilege to help others.
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"I was born into a huge situation of privilege," Gates recently told Sidelines Magazine in an interview for the publication's July 2020 issue, "and I think it's about using those opportunities and learning from them to find things that I'm passionate about and hopefully make the world a little bit of a better place."
In November, Gates and Nassar announced they are expecting their first baby.Jennifer Gates kissing Nayel Nassar at the Longines Grand Prix de New York.
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In a joint Instagram post with Nassar on Thanksgiving, Gates wrote they are "thankful." with a green heart and baby bottle emoji.
