Bill Gates Wife

Bill Gates wife, Melinda Ann French later known as Melinda Ann Gates is a popular American philanthropist and has been ranked among the most powerful women by Forbes several times in the past decade..

• Ranked 40^th in 2008
• Ranked 24^th in 2007
• Ranked 12^th in 2006

Bill Gates wife, Melinda Ann French was born to Raymond Joseph French, Jr. and Elaine Agnes Amerland on 15^th of August 1964. Her father was an engineer whereas mother, a homemaker. Melinda was brilliant at studies and was ranked the top student in her class at St. Monica Catholic School. She was brought up as a Roman Catholic. I the year 1982, Melinda graduated as a valedictorian from Ursuline Academy of Dallas. In the year 1986, she earned her bachelors in economics and computer science from Duke University. A year later she earned her Master’s in Business Administration from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and joined Microsoft. At Microsoft she served as a manager and was involved for many products such as Microsoft Bob, Publisher, Expedia and Encarta.

The turning point in Melinda Gates biography came when she met Bill at a press conference in Manhattan, it was in the year 1994 and they married in the same year in Hawaii.

She left Microsoft to raise her family; her last designation at Microsoft was “General Manager of Information Products”

Bill Gates wife, Melinda Gates biography is incomplete without the mention of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded along with her husband, Bill Gates. Gates have donated more than 24 billion dollars through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Melinda Gates biography is an interesting read for those who want to achieve something in life and also for those who can sacrifice their hard earned wealth to charity. Bill Gates wife will always be remembered for her philanthropic deeds.

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