A stupid, obnoxious and ignorant quote. Not actually by Bill Gates.
The moron who misattributed the quote to Gates in that thing couldn’t even properly use the contraction of “it is”.
There’s no calculable something that prevented me from acquiring great wealth. I used to play online poker at modestly high stakes, and with some better bankroll management, and less bad luck, I could have won a lot of money with relatively little effort.
Other than that. I care little for financial wealth. Most ways of getting rich involves other people making one rich, and I find that distasteful and against my ethical and political values. There’s often some element of parasitism, of exploitation, and of pure dumb luck. I don’t want any part of it.
What I prefer is a simple life, and for the overbearing machines of the capitalist system to leave me the fuck alone.