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Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft, and the ex-wife of its co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates.
May 17, 2024 · This week French Gates achieved full emancipation: three years after divorcing Gates, she announced she was cutting ties with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose $59.5bn endowment...
Apr 2, 2014 · Melinda Gates, the former wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which strives to improve global health and education.
May 14, 2024 · On Monday, Melinda French Gates announced her resignation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, officially ending one of the world’s leading philanthropic partnerships. If you ask...
Jun 7, 2024 · Friday marks the last day of Melinda French Gates ’ more than two-decade run as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation she ran with her ex-husband. “I’m holding a complicated mix of...
May 28, 2024 · Melinda French Gates will donate $1 billion over the next two years to women and family rights around the globe, including reproductive rights in the post-Dobbs era.
4 days ago · Melinda Gates is an American businesswoman and philanthropist who—with her then husband, Microsoft Corporation cofounder Bill Gates—established (2000) the charitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which became one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world.
Jul 11, 2021 · It was April 2019 and Melinda French Gates was touring to promote her book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, when she opened a window into her marriage to Microsoft...
As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda French Gates shapes and approves the foundation’s strategies, reviews results, and sets the organization’s overall direction.
As co-chair of the world’s largest private charitable foundation, Melinda Gates is one of the most powerful women in philanthropy. Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she is not only a tech-savvy businesswoman, but she is also an advocate for women’s equality.
