Bill Gates has admitted that he regrets and feels stupid of not knowing any foreign language.
The Microsoft co-founder revealed to a news portal that in his high school he took Latin and Greek in his course, and also used to got excellent grades in that, but he still wishes that he could have learned French, Arabic or Chinese, ABC News reported.
The American business magnate added that though he tried learning Duolingo for while and wasn't able to continue, but still wishes to get time to study French, as it is the easiest among the all.
The 59-year-old global philanthropist also expressed his desire that he follows his fellow technologist Mark Zuckerberg, who knows Mandarin and also did a QandA with Chinese students.
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