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Melinda French Gates (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.
The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". " Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek , or from Melina meaning "sweet like honey" or from Melissa (μέλισσα) meaning "honeybee" in Greek.
2 days ago · Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates shared the best lesson that she learned from Charlie Munger who died last year at 99. At a commencement speech in Stanford University, Melinda ...
May 14, 2024 · 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.
Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls.
May 13, 2024 · Melinda French Gates is leaving the behemoth foundation she and her former husband, Bill Gates, founded nearly a quarter-century ago to devote herself fully to her work on behalf of women and...
Jun 21, 2024 · Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist who—with her then husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates—founded the charitable Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It has three divisions: global health, global development, and community and education causes in the U.S. Learn more about her life and career.
May 3, 2021 · Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are ending their marriage after 27 years because they "no longer believe we can grow as a couple in the next phase of our lives".
May 13, 2024 · Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit shone of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world that she helped her ex-husband Bill Gates found more than 20 years ago.
May 28, 2024 · Melinda French Gates says that after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that let individual states decide abortion rights, the philanthropist felt compelled to offer Americans financial...
