Bill Gates is seen every night occupying the same seat in stadium 1 of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Gates does not pay his entrance fee.
He is a special guest of Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle and another billionaire. Ellison transformed the tournament, enlarged its dimensions, dressed it in glamor and thus managed to displace Miami to be, after the four Grand Slams, the most important event on the calendar for men and women. Players say they are treated there like nowhere else in the world. And they will do anything for Ellison.