# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melinda-gates
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:54:31.947Z

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description: "She built products at Microsoft, then built the world's largest private foundation — and after 27 years of marriage and two decades co-chairing billions in global health work, she walked away from both to steer her own $12.5 billion toward women and families."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Melinda Ann French grew up in Dallas, studied computer science and economics at Duke, and joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. She began dating Bill Gates that same year and married him in 1994. From 2000 to 2024, they co-chaired the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, steering unprecedented sums toward global health, development, and education — work that earned them the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour. The marriage ended in 2021. As part of the divorce settlement, she received $12.5 billion for independent philanthropy focused on women and families, and she has since become a prominent Democratic megadonor with a focus on abortion rights, endorsing Kamala Harris in 2024. She published a memoir, The Next Day: Transition, Change and Moving Forward, in 2025. Forbes ranks her the 72nd wealthiest person on earth, worth $30.4 billion as of February 2026.