Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann French Gates (nee French; August 15,1964) is an American business woman who once worked at Microsoft. She married to Bill Gates. They met while she was working for Microsoft.
She was awarded an honorary damehood by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for her services to charity and international development. As an American citizen, she cannot be called" Dame Melinda" , but can use the letters" DBE" after her name. Her current occupations are that she is a philanthropist and she is running the" Bill and Melinda Gates' s Foundation" with her husband. She has three children: Phoebe Adele Gates, Rory John Gates, and Jennifer Katharine Gates. She got awarded for the Gates' s Foundation in May 2006.
On May 3,2021, Gates and Melinda announced that they had decided to divorce following 27 years of marriage, and 34 years as a couple. The couple said they will keep working together on charitable efforts.
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Other websites
Melinda Gates Goes Public, Fortune magazine, January 4,2008
Melinda Gates Philanthropic Profile, GiveSmart. org, November, 2012
Businesspeople from Texas
Bill Gates
1964 births
Living people