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Bill Gates ‘declined offer to be White House science adviser’

Microsoft founder Bill Gates was offered the role of science adviser, but did not know whether it was serious or not.

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Bill Gates said he turned down the offer to be White House science adviser (Matt Cardy and Jane Barlow/PA)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates declined an offer to work as the White House science adviser, telling the US president that the role was “not a good use of my time”.

In an interview with health sector website Stat News, Gates revealed that Trump offered him the position during a talk in the Oval Office last month.

Gates turned down the offer, but admitted he did not know if Trump was serious.