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  2. Melinda French Gates - Wikipedia

    • Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and a former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she graduated from Duke University and started working at Microsoft in 1987. Shortly afterwards, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-… See more

    BornMelinda Ann French · August 15, 1964 · Dallas, Texas, U.S.
    EducationDuke University (BA, MBA)
    SpouseBill Gates · (m. 1994; div. · 2021)
    Children3
    Early life and education

    Melinda Ann French was born on August 15, 1964, in Dallas, Texas. She is the second of four children born to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker. She has an olde… See more

    Career

    French Gates's first job was tutoring children in mathematics and computer programming. After graduation, she became a marketing manager with Microsoft, being responsible for the developmen… See more

     
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    May 13, 2024 · Melinda French Gates, one of the world’s preeminent philanthropists, said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has helped lead since 2000. The...

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