Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates appears to be trimming back his famed Washington compound—listing a home that sits next to his sprawling Xanadu 2.0 dwelling for $4.8 million, just months after insisting he would “never downsize” the enormous property.
The 70-year-old Microsoft founder put a four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom Medina, WA, dwelling on the market on Feb. 5, 2026, property records show. Gates has owned the home since 1995, when he purchased it for $1 million, just one year after wedding his now ex-wife Melinda French Gates.
It is unclear whether Gates ever actually lived in the home, which spans 2,780 square feet, or whether he purchased it in a bid to protect the privacy of his legendary Xanadu 2.0 estate, which he began building in the late 1980s, continuing to reside in the dwelling even after his 2021 divorce…