Melinda Gates
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Melinda Gates at the World Economic Forum in 2011
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Melinda Ann French August 15, 1964 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Residence | Medina, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Occupation | Co-Chair, operator of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Gates (m. 1994) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Melinda Ann Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964), DBE is an American philanthropist, former Microsoft employee, and wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
She is co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, Encarta and Expedia.
Melinda Ann French was born on August 15, 1964 in Dallas, Texas. She is the second of four children to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker. French has an older sister and two younger brothers.
French, a Roman Catholic, attended St. Monica Catholic School, where she was the top student in her class year.
She graduated as valedictorian from Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 1987. At Duke, French was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
Shortly after graduating from college, she joined Microsoft and participated in the development of many of Microsoft’s multimedia products, including Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia.
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