In a rare father-son interview with USA TODAY, both Bills take a break from the family's last-of-summer bonding over golf and pickleball to discuss everything from raising kids to eradicating diseases.
 
Everywhere he goes, Bill Gates is escorted by a mythic resume. Mercenary software genius. Self-made billionaire. Passionate philanthropist.
 
Everywhere, that is, but here -- a tree-studded haven along the Hood Canal near Seattle that has welcomed him and his clan for a half-century.
 
"Where's Trey?" asks Bill Gates Sr., 83, using his son's family nickname. Informed that a planned interview is still an hour away, the 6-foot-6 patriarch makes a call by cell phone.
 
Yes Bill Gates was brought up playing Pickleball on Hood Canal near Seattle.  Read the whole interview
Lessons in Life, from One Bill Gates to AnotherBy Marco R. della Cava August 31, 2009 7:10AM