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Bill Gates says he’s surprised about his fellow billionaires’ rightward political shift: ‘I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center’

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates says he was shocked to see tech billionaires throwing their support behind President Donald Trump .

Gates donated $50 million to former Vice President Kamala Harris' fight for a Democratic win on Election Day .

The Microsoft founder says he thought Silicon Valley was left of center.

The past few months have proven wrong the notion that most tech executives are liberal.

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