It worked out well for William Gates III, don't knock it.

"Bill Gates" mother was on the USA national board of United Way with John Opel, the IBM CEO who picked M$ for the IBM PC OS.

William Gates II arranged lunch at the Exclusive Puget Sound Club with the Venture Capitalists who put up the cash that allows "Trey" to say that he did not use family money to found M$ along with fellow millionaire trust fund high school buddy Paul Allan.