Then there’s Bill. He came later (2014, buying a controlling stake from Prince Al-Waleed for $3.8 billion). You don’t see Bill’s influence in the champagne; you see it in the Wi-Fi that never drops, the lighting automation that just works, and the clinical precision of the mini-bar restocking. Bill Gates runs the Four Seasons like he ran Microsoft—obsessed with frictionless efficiency. He is the operating system .
Staying at a Four Seasons isn’t sleeping in a hotel. It’s sleeping in the cold war between a Saudi dreamer and a Seattle coder—and somehow, waking up refreshed. four season hotel owner
Would I stay again? Yes. But I’d love to see the owner’s group chat. Then there’s Bill