Bill Gates Asked a Girl to Prom and Told Her He 'Dialed with My Toes.' She Turned Him Down


Bill Gates Asked a Girl to Prom and Told Her He

By Maria Pasquini Published on February 28, 2025 05:00AM EST When it comes to dating, Bill Gates admits he didn’t have the most success when he was in high school. In his new memoir Source Code — published earlier this month and covering his early life, before becoming a tech tycoon — the billionaire, 69, reflects on what happened when he finally worked up the courage to ask one of the most popular girls in the senior class to prom. In an interview with PEOPLE, Gates says that even at the time, he knew asking out Vicki Weeks, a classmate he knew through drama class, was a bit of risk. He calls it a "very ambitious thing that I knew was a bit of a long shot – and something that I was very inept at doing." But what happened when he finally got her on the phone? Well..