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Melinda Gates
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Overview
Born
August 15
,
1964
·
Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth name
Melinda Ann French
Height
5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Mini Bio
Melinda Gates was born on August 15, 1964 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is a producer, known for
Origin (2023)
,
Smarter Every Day (2011)
and
CNN Newsroom (1989)
. She was previously married to
Bill Gates
.
Family
Spouse
Bill Gates
(January 1, 1994 - August 2, 2021) (divorced, 3 children)
Children
Phoebe Gates
Jennifer Gates
Trivia
She met
Bill Gates
, by chance, while both were present at a press conference in Manhattan.
Co-founder, with
Bill Gates
, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Microsoft employee (1987-1996).
Along with
Bono
and
Bill Gates
, was named one of Time Magazine's Persons of the Year in 2005.
She and her husband,
Bill Gates
, were both awarded the 2010
J. William Fulbright
Prize for International Understanding.
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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.
All lives have an equal value.
We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing.
I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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