Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates: Biography in Details

Who is Melinda Gates?

Melinda Gates is an American philanthropist. She once served Microsoft as its general manager.

Moreover, Melinda is one of the founders of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is considered one of the w0rld’s largest private charitable organizations.

For her work, she was placed under the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes ten times.

Melinda Gates- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

She was born Melinda Ann French on 15 Aug 1964 in Dallas, Texas, United States. The name of her mother was Elaine Agnes Amerland and her father’s name was Raymond Joseph French Jr.

Her dad was an Aerospace Engineer while her mom was a homemaker. Melinda’s ancestry is Caucasian and has two younger brothers plus an older sister.

Talking about her academics, she is a pass out of St. Monica Catholic School and Ursuline Academy of Dallas.

Then she enrolled at Duke University to pursue a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Economics. She achieved the degree in 1986 and joined Fuqua School of Business.

From here, Melinda Gates got her master’s in business administration in 1987.

Melinda Gates- Professional Life, Career

Melinda Gates served Microsoft for around nine years. She was appointed in 1987 as marketing manager and later became General Manager of Information Products. She left the job in 1996.

Then she served as a trustee for Duke University from 1996 to 2003. In 2000, she and her husband founded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Its headquarter is in Seattle and deals in Healthcare plus education. Moreover, this company also assists in fighting poverty.

As of now, BMGF has employed more than 1.6k people and its assets are valued at $46.8 billion. Melinda also founded an investment and incubation company named Pivotal Ventures in 2015.

As a writer, Melinda Gates wrote a book titled The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.

Awards

• Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2006.
• United Nations Population Award in 2010.
• Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award in 2013.
• Padma Bhushan in 2015.
• Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

Melinda Gates- Net Worth, Salary

At present, Melinda Gates collected an estimated net worth of around $70 billion. However, her salary and other earnings are unknown.

Her soon-to-be ex-spouse, Bill has assets of around $146 billion-plus he receives a salary of $1 million per year. Her family’s home is spread over 66,000 square feet and has a 60-foot swimming pool with an amazing underwater music system.

It also has a 2,500-square-foot gym, and the house is named Xanadu 2.0.

Melinda Gates- Rumors, Controversy

This philanthropist is keeping herself away from rumors and is also not surrounded by any desperate scandals. But the recent news of her separation from her husband has shocked the world.

Body Features- Height, Weight

Regarding Melinda Gates’s body features, her height is 5 ft 6 inches and her body weight is 60 kg.

Moreover, her eyes are dark brown, her natural hair color is light brown, and has a fair skin complexion.

Social Media

Melinda Gates is available on social sites. She is followed by over 2.4m and 2.5m people on Facebook and Twitter respectively.

Her Instagram account has more than 815k followers.

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