Melinda Gates
American philanthropist
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Melinda Gates parlayed a Microsoft career into one of the world's largest charitable foundations alongside her ex-husband Bill, then pivoted to solo philanthropy after their 2021 split. Her focus: global health and gender equity.
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Melinda Ann French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.
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