Birthdate : August 15, 1964
Birthplace : Dallas, Texas, United States
Education: Fuqua School of Business (1987), Duke University (1986)
Melinda French Gates, is an American businessperson and philanthropist. She is the wife of Bill Gates, and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Melinda was the second of four children born to Raymond Joseph French Jr.
She met Bill Gates while working at Microsoft. In 1994, she married Bill Gates in a private ceremony held in Lanai, Hawaii. Shortly thereafter, she left Microsoft to focus on starting and raising her family. Her last position was Microsoft’s General Manager of Information Products.
In 1994, Melinda and Bill Gates, along with Bill's father, started the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999 the couple combined the William H. Gates Foundation with two of their other charitable organizations, the Gates Library Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation. They renamed the newly blended charity the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Awards :
Lasker- Bloomberg Public Service Award - 2013
Bambi - Millenium Award - 2013
Order of the Aztec Eagle - 2006
Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation - 2006
The US Glamour Award for Woman of the Year - 2013
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