US rider Jennifer Gates, daughter of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, revealed on her Instagram account Wednesday that she and Nayel Nassar, an Egyptian show jumper who helped his country qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in October last year as part of the team which won the CSIO4*-W Nations Cup of Rabat, are engaged. Nassar proposed during a recent ski trip.

The couple both attended Stanford University (although not at the same time) and bonded over a love of horses and equestrian sport. After graduating in 2018, Gates spent a year traveling on the Longines Global Champions Tour and the Global Champions League.

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