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[Blind Gossip] It turns out that the names released in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal were just the tip of the iceberg!

While Federal authorities were focused on recent cheaters, there is a longer list that goes back several years.

One of the famous names on the list? One of the biggest superstars, ever, in the business world!

Despite his billions – yes, BILLIONS – and his world-famous name, this tech titan consulted with William “Rick” Singer, the college admissions adviser who masterminded the cheating scam, about getting his child/ren into a top university.

Rick Singer used to brag that [Billionaire] was his client.

Think of the most famous names in tech and you will guess who this is.

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Billionaire:

[Optional] Looking back at your college experience, is there anything you wish you would have done differently?

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    • Jennifer Gates Stanford.
      She is basically a spoiled rich girl who rides horses. Not exactly Stanford material.

    • Nah, this is the narcissist Steve Jobs. He knew he was dying in 2011 and wanted to make sure his daughters would get into Stanford even after his death. They would have been 16 and 14 at the time- his son was was already at Stanford when he died. His oldest daughter that he refused to accept, got into Harvard over 20 years ago on her own accord.

  6. Narrowing this down to a few guesses…
    Michael Dell – daughter Alexa went to Columbia
    Steve Ballmer (Microsoft) – son Peter went to Stanford
    Larry Ellison (Oracle) – both kids dropped out of USC

    I would say Bill Gates but he actually seems to want his kids to work for money and not have things handed to them.

    Are Jeff Bezos’s kids college aged?

    Oh hell. Probably all of them.

    • That’s what Bill Gates says, but what he does – entirely different. Those prize riding ponies don’t come cheap!

      It’s gotta be Bill. Sad!

  9. Thinking Gates. Don’t know how old he’s kids are.
    You think he buy a building.
    Tiffany Trump father is not a billionaire.
    Maybe Bloomberg. That’s why he’s not running.

    • It is not Tiffany. Marla kept her far away from Trump and Tiffany went to UPenn and is widely known for being pretty smart. She currently attends Georgetown Law

      Don’t think it’s Bill Gate’s oldest daughter; thinking one of the male Trump kids

    • To answer the optional question I think the students who didn’t know what their parents did should be excused and those who knew what their parents did. Well I don’t know. If they don’t perform borderline they should also be excused as they have proved they can meet the criteria to stay in college.
      I study in the Netherlands so we have an entirely different school system. All schools whether they are secondary schools or university of applied sciences are not allowed to delete the data…

  16. Depends how many years ago…if several as in more than a few Bezos’ kids were too young.
    Steve Jobs?

  22. If this is Bill Gates then shame on him. I can’t think of another tech giant.
    I went to college before getting into college was a part-time job! So, no. I graduated cum laude from a top notch school and did just fine without a rich mommy and daddy. Or as “Old Blue Eyes crooned ..”I did it my way…..”

  28. Michael Dell
    His children fit the profile of spoiled, attention-seeking social media celebrities. Also, the USC (his son) and UT (endowment) connections are there, which seem to be schools connected to Singer.

    Overall, college was great for me despite being broke and overworked, but I wish I had never made any decisions based on spending time or staying in a relationship with a guy. Nothing negative came of it, but I did miss out on some fun experiences in hindsight.

  29. Bill Gates’ daughter is at Stanford which is one of the colleges involved in the scandal.

  33. Bill Gates

    I truly don’t understand what the uproar is over this “scandal”. The rich have been buying their kids ways into college for generations. “Take my kid, I’ll build you a science building on campus,” or “I’m an alum, and I donate money, so my kid is a legacy. Let her in,” and “Here’s $50,000, make sure my kid gets in as a crew team recruit.” It’s all the same thing. Also, while it isn’t ethical, to be sure, exactly what law is being broken by cheating on an SAT…

    • Me too. I know I’m supposed to be outraged that they used their positions for such but I’m like “meh”

    • You must not have read the details of the “scandal” this isn’t rich parents buying a building or making a donation to get their kids in. These parents are undermining a entire national testing system to start, as well as getting their children falsely “diagnosed” with a learning disability so that they can cheat easier. As a mother to two dyslexic children who have 504 status, it is as disgusting and the equivalent of a munchausen parent. It’s taken decades for truly disabled to get rights

    • The uproar is that the money from this particular group of people is going to a slush fund for bribing coaches and others. If I donate $5 million dollars to an Ivey League school for little Sue/Billie to get in, that money will benefit the whole school and probably help a scholarship student or two. This however was just a secret group of creeps getting the money on the dl and keeping it for themselves and to top it off, the “donors” where taking it off their taxes. It was a sham charity.

    • not to mention the parents were able to deduct their bribes from their taxes because Rick Singer set it up as a non-profit. So there’s tax fraud as well.

  43. Well Gates, Jobs, and Buffet children have attended Stanford. Any of them could have simply donated x million directly to the school to receive preferential treatment, and would have because of the family name anyway. But maybe one of the kids needed a boost in test scores to be a credible applicant.

  45. Bill Gates

    I would have gone to class more and taken college more seriously. I went to a Big 10 school and I did ok scholastically so I didn’t need help getting in but I didn’t try to get into any “dream” schools – I was told “state school, 4 years” that is what my family would pay for. I got into every school I applied to, but I earned it and I joined a bunch of extracurricular clubs my senior year to help me out on the applications. EARN it!

  47. Billionaire: Bill Gates – 2 kids that are college age

    [Optional] — Studied more, partied less.

  51. Bill Gates
    Looking back at your college experience, is there anything you wish you would have done differently?
    I wish I’d never have gone.

  53. First to come to mind is Bill Gates.

    Op- different major; studied more and partied less freshman year!

  56. NOT Bill Gates. he isn’t in the Hollywood crowd n wd never do something like this.
    Bezos on the other hand loves hollywood and wd do this.,

  59. Bill Gates?

    If I could do college over, I would have majored in what I truly loved, Archeology or Veterinary Medicine. I also would not have gotten married while in college…or maybe never. My MSW has served me well, but it isn’t my passion.

  60. Oops forgot Optional: I did not take school seriously enough when I was in college as a kid. If I could do anything differently, it would be more driven and focused with better study habits – mainly because I am currently in my mid-40s, taking prerequisites, and applying to grad schools, but am not getting acceptances due to my low GPA from my younger college years (even though I am current grades are mostly all A-). I have few life regrets but that is one of them.

  64. “Tech titan” makes me think either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. I can’t think of anybody in tech bigger than either of those two. I just checked and Bill’s daughters went to Julliard and Stanford; a couple of Steve’s kids went to Stanford and Harvard, so it could literally be either one of them.

    This is a really sad question for me because I’m about to graduate! I have a lot of things I wish I had done, but right now I’m just trying to live it up while I still have the time.

  69. I’ll guess Steve Jobs, assuming that “think” is a reference to their old slogan “think different.”

  76. Billionaire: 45

    [Optional] Looking back at your college experience, is there anything you wish you would have done differently? Absolutely…changed my major and got better grades freshman/sophomore year

  78. Larry Ellison of Oracle or Bill Gates of Microsoft. This sound like something Ellison would do, both of his kids are USC dropouts!

  81. Hmm… Steve Jobs?
    I would be very surprised if this was him. I went to school with his daughter and she was very smart. So I don’t think it’s her or him…

    Lots of things I would have done differently. I was very introverted, and had my head in the clouds school-wise. Didn’t know what I wanted to do, and I wish I’d taken harder classes, and been more serious about studying.

  85. Steve Jobs sounds arrogant enough to have done this. I know the daughter he denied for most of her life went to Harvard.

    Other guess maybe Bill Gates. I know his daughter is an equestrian who does well.

    My guess is probably Jobs.

  92. Operation Varsity Blues covers the last eight years, so I’m guessing this was a client longer ago. Bill Gates’ oldest kid is only 22 and the others are younger.

    This might be about Steve Jobs. One of his kids is a little older than Gates’ oldest, she doesn’t seem to have a career or anything. Maybe dad wanted to pull strings for her to go to school? The blind also says “one of the biggest superstars ever” not necessarily someone who is a current business star, which Gates still is.

  97. Bill Gates – having rich or smart or savy parents does not mean that your children will be smart. Far from so. From the outside most think they never will have to be or have to work. I thought for years they kids were getting into these schools through special means. No way so many privileged children were smart – look at Paris Hilton.
    Looking back i am happy with the two degrees i have. I also did extra study to specialise. Would love the time and opportunity to study more.