Melinda French Gates
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fullName
Melinda French Gates
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Secondary
givenName
Melinda
familyName
Gates
additionalName
French
Biography
Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist, and a former general manager at Microsoft. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes.
In 2000, she and her husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization as of 2015. She and her husband have been awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour.
In 2000, she and her husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization as of 2015. She and her husband have been awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour.
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American
birthDate
15 August 1964
