Ultra-privileged Phoebe Gates tried to game the system but ended up in big trouble heres why she did it

Under fire Phoebe Gates once belonged to a secretive, invitation-only Stanford class called “So You Think You Can Rule the World?” where students are “taught how to identify vulnerabilities in systems of power,” The Post can reveal.Years before her shopping startup, Phia, was hit by allegations it exploited illegal loopholes, billionaire Bill Gates’ daughter, now 23, was among a hand-picked group of Stanford students in a secret society who study how power works — and, according to one former student, how to “hack” it.The unofficial 10-week course, nicknamed “Rule,” isn’t publicized, has no enrollment code and accepts just 12 students — six men and six women — at a time.They meet weekly to debate money, power and “the underlying incentive structures and frameworks that govern how the world works,” according to The Stanford Daily.Getting in requires a referral from a former student and an intense interview process.

Candidates are asked to recommend their most accomplished male and female peers, while founder and instructor Justin Lewis-Weber — who personally selects the final dozen — grills applicants about their ambitions and beliefs.One former student told the Stanford Daily the goal was to teach students “how to essentially hack any kind of power structure or bureaucratic structure and get what they want in a system of people.”Another described Lewis-Weber’s entrepreneurial philosophy as “hackier” and “more opportunistic.”“It’s more about identifying the vulnerabilities or loopholes,” the former student claimed. “I think he’s less concerned with the ethics of it all and the problem-solving elements.”Both Gates and Lewis-Weber did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.There is no evidence the class had anything to do with Phia’s alleged dodgy affiliate practices.But Gates didn’t leave the Rule network behind at Stanford.Former Rule students frequently go into business together, and Gates ...