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Melinda French Gates [2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and a former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she graduated from Duke University and started working at Microsoft in 1987.
Mar 2, 2022 · Melinda French Gates is offering her perspective about the end of her marriage to billionaire Bill Gates in a sit-down interview with CBS News' Gayle King this week.
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...
4 days ago · Melinda French Gates is one of the most powerful women in philanthropy. In May 2024 she said she would resign as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
May 28, 2024 · Melinda French Gates says that after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that let individual states decide abortion rights, the philanthropist felt compelled to offer Americans...
Jun 18, 2024 · “It was a super intense time for us as a foundation,” says Melinda French Gates, sitting in her industrial-chic office in Kirkland, Wash., three days after exiting the world-changing organization...
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.
Aug 10, 2024 · Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist who—with her then husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates—founded the charitable Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It has three divisions: global health, global development, and community and education causes in the U.S. Learn more about her life and career.
May 13, 2024 · Melinda French Gates is leaving the behemoth foundation she and her former husband, Bill Gates, founded nearly a quarter-century ago to devote herself fully to her work on behalf of women and...