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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.
As part of an agreement she made with Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates said that she now has “an additional $12.5 billion to ... Contact Jessica Mathews at jessica.mathews@fortune.com or through ...
The Gates Foundation (formerly the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, [7] [8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
Melinda French Gates has launched a new $250 million initiative to improve women's health, making headlines worldwide. This significant move is part of her $1 billion commitment to promoting women ...
The charity had no trustees beside Bill and Melinda French Gates since Bill Gates Sr.’s death in 2020 and Warren Buffett’s resignation in June 2021 after 15 years on the board.
The Gates Foundation has taken a more global view, with much of its $75.2 billion endowment going toward global health equity. There too, French Gates has focused on the well-being of women and girls.
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.
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.