Melinda French Gates

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Melinda French Gates
French Gates kan 2012
KamundaganMelinda Ann French
(1964-08-15) Agosto 15, 1964 (edad 59)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
NasyunalidadAmerikano
EdukasyonDuke University (BA, MBA)
TrabahoKapwa-Pamayo and Kagtugdas, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
YamanPlantilya:Up US$3.2 Billion (Puon kan Hunyo 7, 2021)[1]
Agom[2]
Mga aki3
Mga gawad Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
Websityo
Profile

Si Melinda French Gates (namundag Melinda Ann French; Agosto 15, 1964) sarong Amerikanong pilantropo asin dating sientista sa kompyuter asin pangkagabsan na manedyer sa Microsoft. Si French Gates daing pagliwatliwat na inapod na saro sa pinakamakapangyarihan na babae sa kinaban kan Forbes.

Kan 2000, siya asin an saiyang dating agom na si Bill Gates minukna na an Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an pinakadakulang pribadong organisasyon sa charity sa kinaban kadtong 2015.[3] Siya asin an saiyang dating agom ginawadan kan US Presidential Medal of Freedom asin kan French Legion of Honour. Sa kaamayan kan Mayo 2021, inanunsyar ni Bill asin Melinda Gates na sinda nagdibursyo alagad magdadanay pang kaapil kan pundasyon.

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Si Melinda Ann Pranses namundag kan Agosto 15, 1964, sa Dallas, Texas.[4] Siya an ikaduwa sa apat na aki na namundag ki Raymond Joseph French Jr., sarong aerospace engineering, asin Elaine Agnes Amerland, sarong maybahay. Igwa siya nin matuang tugang na babae asin duwang ngohod na tugang na lalaki.

Si French, na sarong Katoliko, nag - atender sa St. Monica Catholic School, kun saen siya an pinakamatibay na estudyante sa saiyang klase. [5][6] Sa edad na 14, si Pranses ipinamidbid sa Apple II kan saiyang ama, asin an sarong maestro sa eskuelahan na an ngaran Mrs. Bauer na nagboses sa pagtokdo kan mga estudyante sa gabos na babayi sa computer science.[7] Hali sa eksperyensiya niyang ini nagkaigwa siya nin interes sa mga kawat sa kompyuter asin sa BASIC programming language.

Naggradwar si Pranses bilang valedictorian sa Ursuline Academy of Dallas kan 1982. Nakakua siya nin bachelor's degree sa computer science asin ekonomiks sa Unibersidad nin Duke kan 1986 asin sarong MBA sa Fuqua School of Business kan 1987.[8] Sa Duke, si Pranses miembro kan Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.

Si French Gates kan 2011

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  1. "Forbes Profile: Melinda Gates". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. Novet, Jordan (August 2, 2021). "Bill and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced following 27-year marriage". CNBC (in English). Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. "What is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?". https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/what-is-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation. 
  4. "Office romance: how Bill met Melinda". October 23, 2011. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/office-romance-how-bill-met-melinda-855292.html. 
  5. Jeanne M. Lesinski (2009). Bill Gates: Entrepreneur and PhilanthropistFree registration required. Twenty First Century Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-58013-570-2. Retrieved March 10, 2011. Melinda, a devout Catholic, wanted a religious wedding 
  6. Business Week, Issues 3649–3652. McGraw-Hill. 1999. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2011. Raised a Roman Catholic and educated at a girls' Catholic high school, Ursaline Academy in Dallas, Melinda was encouraged to pursue her love of science 
  7. Gates, Melinda, 1964- (January 12, 2021). The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world. ISBN 978-1-250-25772-7. OCLC 1097579369. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021. 
  8. Mary Zeiss Stange; Carol K. Oyster; Jane E. Sloan (January 9, 2013). The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. SAGE Publications. pp. 386–. ISBN 978-1-4522-7037-1. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2018.