{"id":425778,"date":"2026-04-08T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/425778\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:14:20","slug":"bill-gates-daughter-phoebe-gates-accused-of-haggling-with-influencer-over-250-job-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/425778\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates\u2019 daughter Phoebe Gates accused of haggling with influencer over $250 job rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kacie Margis, an influencer and content creator for hire, in a recent social media post, accused Bill Gates<\/a>\u2019 daughter, Phoebe Gates, of haggling over her $250 job rate.<\/p>\n

\"PhoebePhoebe Gates attending the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week in February. (Getty Images via AFP)<\/p>\n

Taking to Threads, Margis wrote, \u201cWhen a billionaire\u2019s daughter says the budget is \u2018super limited\u2019 and it\u2019s a \u2018scrappy little startup\u2019 to try to pay me less than what my posted rates are. (This message was from last year).\u201d<\/p>\n

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She also shared a screenshot<\/a> that purportedly shows a message from Phoebe Gates.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey love! I came across your profile on Collabstr and I’m such a fan of your content. I’m the founder of @phiaco we’re launching at the end of this month (!!) and I’d be sooo honored if you’d be down to collab and help share. We built the first-ever price comparison tool that helps you shop smarter by finding cheaper secondhand and discounted options while you browse. We’d love to give you early access and have you be part of this launch moment. We’re still a scrappy startup so budget’s super limited, but we’d still ng work if you’re open. Feel free to send your rates topbia.com and pl hope we can work together!\u201d the message reads.<\/p>\n

In posts on the thread, Margis claimed that Gates found her through Collabstr, a free online marketplace that connects brands with influencers for paid collaborations. On the site, the content creator\u2019s charge is mentioned as $250.<\/p>\n

(HT.com has not independently verified the claims.)<\/p>\n

How did social media react?<\/p>\n

The post prompted a series of responses. An individual expressed, \u201cPhoebe Gates also just flat out steals other startups’ ideas, IP, marketing, etc, on top of leveraging creators to work for free. She\u2019s honestly a cancer in the sustainable fashion space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another commented, \u201cI love that you didn\u2019t keep them anonymous because we need to bring back shame.\u201d A third posted, \u201cNSANE that she didn\u2019t want to pay you $250. We are done letting these billionaire grifting a**holes off the hook. Proud of you for calling her out.\u201d Margis responded, \u201cSeriously! Ugh. Meanwhile, other brands that found me on Collabstr want to book me directly so I can make MORE money, not less. Just an example of how the rich get richer by undercutting the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A fourth wrote, \u201cWe had someone reach out to us for free printing because the ‘small’ event they were doing had \u2018influential attendees\u2019 like the wives of NFL athletes. Athletes who earn millions per year. It was for $200-$300 worth of items. I told them no and that they can pay like everyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kacie Margis, an influencer and content creator for hire, in a recent social media post, accused Bill Gates\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[3189,434,18,117,19,22287,17,53818,5448],"class_list":{"0":"post-425778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bill-gates","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-influencer","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-phoebe-gates","16":"tag-viral"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116368328477923798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}