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Melinda Gates – Bio, Age, Kids, Net worth, Facts about Bill Gates Wife
Melinda Gates, an American philanthropist, and former Microsoft executive, has made the Forbes list of the most powerful women for many years due to her philanthropic activities as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She runs the foundation with her husband, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, who has been ranked among the most powerful men in the world for many years in a row.
Founded in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest private charitable foundation with endowments of US$40 billion (as of December 2018).
Melinda Gates’ bio, dude
Born Melinda Ann French on August 15,1964 in Dallas, Texas, the philanthropist is the daughter of Raymond Joseph French Jr. and Elaine Agnes, an aerospace engineer and homemaker, respectively. She is her parents’ second child and has an older sister and two younger brothers.Raised in the Catholic faith, Melinda Gates was a student at St. Monica Catholic School, where her excellent academic performance and personal qualities placed her at the top of her class. When she was 14, her father introduced her to the Apple II, which sparked her interest in computer games and the BASIC programming language.
Next from St. Monica and Melinda Gates enrolled at Ursuline Academy, an all-girls Catholic college in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from Duke University in 1982 with a valedictorian degree and in 1986 earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics. Melinda continued her studies at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, earning an MBA in 1987. While an undergraduate at the university, she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
Before graduating, Melinda Gates got herfirst job, teaching children mathematics and computer programming. When she graduated she was employed by Microsoft as a Marketing Manager and in the course of her duties she led the development of various multimedia products such as Cinemania, Encarta, Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Money, Word and Expedia.
Wealth (income and earnings)
Melinda Gates is deep into her work as. Involvedphilanthropist and so far nothing has been mentioned about her having a personal matter of her own. This makes it difficult to tie up their assets at any level. However, she shares an estimated net worth of nearly $110 billion with her husband, who has been the world’s richest person for two decades, despite slipping to second place a few times.
children
Despite having everything for herMicrosoft, Melinda Gates had to quit her job to focus on raising and raising her family. She has three children with her husband – two daughters and a son. The first, a daughter named Jennifer Katharine Gates was born in 1996 while the second, son Rory John Gates was born in 1999 with the third child/daughter, Phoebe Adele Gates.
Despite being born to wealthy parents who are world leaders in information technology, Gates’ children were not allowed to own cell phones until they were 14. Raised Catholic, like their mother, and despite their busy schedules, Melinda and her husband are very involved in their children’s lives.
According to Bill, each of her children will only inherit $10 million of her $98.1 billion fortune, while the rest will go to charity. According to the power couple, this is because they don’t want their kids to be lazy. Meanwhile, Melinda is raising her kids in a sprawling estate nicknamed Xanadu 2.0 that’s valued at about $124 million.
Facts about Bill Gates’ wife
Melinda Gates’ marriage
Melinda Gates met her husband Bill in 1987. She began working in his company. He approached her at a company picnic and asked her if she would like to go (with him) to dinner in two weeks. In response, she said his way of asking her out wasn’t spontaneous enough for her. However, she gave him her number and asked him to call her.
Bill called her later that evening and asked if the call was spontaneous enough for her and yes it was. The duo started dating after that, and according to Melinda, her mom didn’t think meeting the CEO was a good idea at first. Despite this, they kept their relationship quiet at work and made sure their co-workers and family members respected their privacy.
After seven years of dating, Melinda and BillGates wed on January 1, 1994. The ceremony, which reportedly cost nearly $1 million, was held on a golf course at what was then the Manele Bay Hotel on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. To ensure the wedding was private, Bill Gates booked all the rooms at the hotel. He also booked all the helicopters on the island and this was to prevent unwanted visitors from being overflown, according to Forbes.
Melinda’s wedding present from her parents’ mother-in-law
Bill’s parents gave the newlyweds a sculpture oftwo birds sitting side by side and looking at the sky. It’s been more than two decades and this rare wedding gift is still around. Writing in the couple’s 2018 annual letter, Melinda found that the birds were still outside their home and she always thinks about it because basically, just like the artwork, she’s looking in the same direction as her husband.
Conception of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
After Melinda Gates became engaged to Bill, they became engaged. In late 1993, they traveled to Africa and during the trip came into contact with people living in dire poverty. As they strolled along a beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, they discussed how they could use their wealth to support other people’s lives. This is how the idea of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation came about.
positions of service
Melinda Gates has served on the boards of various corporations, including the Duke University Board of Trustees (1996 to 2003), The Washington Post (since 2004), and Drugstore.com (left in 2006 to focus on philanthropy projects). She also attends the annual Bilderberg Group conference.
