Anand Mahindra bonds with old 'classmate' Bill Gates, two billionaires talk about working together

Billionaire Bill Gates, who is currently visiting India, seems to be on a mission to become an instant hit with Indians as the Microsoft co-founder has been buzzing the social media as he meets biggies from the country.

Before rocking the Internet with a picture of him alongside everyone's favourite, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, Gates was spotted with Indian business tycoon Anand Mahindra.

So what happened when two top leaders of the world came under one roof? Well, they did not talk about business.


The 67-year-old chairman of Mahindra Group took to his official Twitter account to share some inside details from his meeting with Gates.

Mahindra revealed that their entire conversation between respective teams revolved around how they can work together and multiply their social impact.

"Good to see Bill Gates again. And, refreshingly, the entire conversation between our teams was not about IT or any business but about how we could work together to multiply social impact," Mahindra wrote on Twitter alongside a picture of him with Gates.

The Mahindra and Mahindra boss also bagged a free book authored by Gates along with the writer's autograph.

"Though there was some profit involved for me; I got a free, autographed copy of his book," added Mahindra.

However, Twitter was quick to notice a key detail in the pictures of the book 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster' shared by the billionaire.

In the picture on the book's page with Gates' signature, the message by the philanthropist reads "To Anand, best wishes to my classmate! Bill Gates."
Twitter users were quick to ask Mahindra whether the two were classmates during their time at Harvard.

Seems like the two were classmates during their time at Harvard University.

The Indian billionaire studied film-making and architecture at Harvard University and graduated in 1977 with magna cum laude.

Mahindra then got his MBA in 1981 from Harvard Business School, while Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to kickstart Microsoft.