Back Melinda Gates Afrikaans مليندا غيتس Arabic مليندا جيتس ARZ মেলিণ্ডা গেট্ছ Assamese Melinda Gates AST Melinda Geyts Azerbaijani مئلیندا قئیتس AZB Melinda French Gates BCL Мелинда Гейтс Bulgarian মেলিন্ডা গেটস Bengali/Bangla
Melinda French Gates | |
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 French Gates in 2012 | |
| Born | Melinda Ann French August 15, 1964 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Duke University (BA, MBA) |
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| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 3 |
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| Website | Profile |
Melinda French Gates[2] (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.[3] French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes magazine.[4] In 2000, she and her then-husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization.[5] She and her ex-husband have been awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour. In early May 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates announced they were getting divorced.[6] She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.[7]
- ^ Novet, Jordan (August 2, 2021). "Bill and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced following 27-year marriage". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ King County Superior Court Clerk (May 3, 2021). "Gates Petition for Divorce" (PDF). TMZ. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via The Washington Post.
- ^ Gates, Melinda French (September 19, 2018). "Melinda French Gates". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ "Power Women". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Mathiesen, Karl (March 16, 2015). "What is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ "Gates Foundation sets 2-year, post-divorce power share trial". ABC News. July 7, 2021. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2022.