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Melinda French Gates
Melinda French Gates Biography
Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. French Gates developed an early interest in computers while taking an advanced math class at the Ursuline Academy, a Catholic school for girls. She went on to pursue this interest in college, earning a bachelor's degree in computer science from Duke University in 1986. The following year, she obtained a master's in business administration, with a focus in economics, from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
She took a job at Microsoft Corporation in 1987 and later married Bill Gates, in 1994. That year, she and her husband co-founded what was later to become the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2006 she restructured the organization. In 2012 she pledged $560 million toward improving access to contraception for women in poor countries.
As the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda sets the direction and priorities of the world’s largest philanthropy. She is also the founder of Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company working to drive social progress for women and families in the United States.
She formed Pivotal Ventures in 2015 because she felt she could do the work there, and it's a company, not a foundation so I have more tools in my toolbox.
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