Melinda Gates Net Worth

Net Worth:	$70 Billion
Date of Birth:	August 15, 1964 (60 years old)
Gender:	Female
Profession:	Businessperson
Nationality:	United State Of America

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What is Melinda Gates’s Net Worth?

Melinda Gates is an English humanitarian and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $70 billion. One of the most generous donors in existence is Bill and Melinda Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was founded by them.

Childhood

In Dallas, Texas, on August 15, 1964, Melinda Ann French gave birth to Bill Gates. Elaine Amerland, a stay-at-home mother, and Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aeronautical engineer, had four children together; she was the second.

Melinda’s passion for computer games and computing began when she was exposed to the Apple II by her father. She finished from Ursuline Academy of Dallas as valedictorian in 1982 after attending St. Monica Catholic School.

She earned a B.S. in computational science and economics from Duke University in 1986, and the subsequent year she also earned an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. During her time in college, she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta (Beta Rho Chapter) sorority.

Career

Children’s computer programming and math teaching was Bill Gates’ first job. Bill Gates first came into contact with her while she was working at Microsoft after graduating. In 1994, they got hitched.

Melinda managed the development of various multimedia products, including Word, Publisher, Money, Works, and Encarta, when she was employed as a marketing manager.

Expedia, which eventually rose to prominence as one of the top websites for booking travel, was another project on which Gates collaborated. But the Microsoft-sponsored scheme was a financial flop.

When Gates joined Microsoft in the early 1990s, she was subsequently Appointed Manager of Information Products. She maintained the job until 1996 when she departed to establish a family.

From 1996 until 2003, Gates served on the Duke University Board of Trustees. Since 2004, she has served as a member of The Washington Post’s board of directors. Additionally, Melinda served on the board of directors for drugstore.com.

Melinda served as the chair of The Campaign For Children in 2006, which raised money to build new buildings, pay for uninsured patients, and develop the research program at the Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Awards & Recognition

Bill and Melinda were awarded the Prize for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged in 2002. Alongside Bono from U2 in 2005, Melinda and her husband were chosen Time’s People of the Year.

On May 4, 2006, they were honored for their charitable giving with the Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Insignia of the Order of the Aztec Eagle was presented to Melinda in November 2006.

Bill received a Placard of the same order in recognition of their humanitarian efforts in Mexico and other regions of the world, especially in the areas of health and education.

In May 2006, the Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building was formally opened by Seattle Children’s Hospital in recognition of Melinda’s contributions to the local and international well-being of children.

In order to expand its buildings, pay for underpaid care, extend its research program in pursuit of novel therapies, and do all of this, the hospital needed $300 million, and Gates oversaw a fundraising campaign to raise it.

In 2007, the Stockholm, Sweden-based Karolinska Institute awarded Bill Gates an honorary doctorate in medicine. The University of Cambridge awarded her and her husband honorary degrees in 2009.

A honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree was also given to Gates by Duke University in 2013 in recognition of her charitable work. The Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian accolade, was shared by Bill and Melinda in 2015.

In recognition of their charitable work, President Barack Obama bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Bill and Melinda Gates in 2016. The Legion of Honor, France’s highest national honor, was presented to them in 2017 during a ceremony in Paris.

Along with being named an honorary Dame, Gates also received the Otto Hahn Peace Medal. On a list of the 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs in the Globe, Gates was ranked No. 12 by Richtopia in 2017.

Bill & Melinda Gates Organization

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was established in Seattle, Washington in 2000 by Bill and Melinda. It is one of the biggest private organizations on the planet, with $46.8 billion in assets.

Reduced extreme poverty, educational reform, and improved healthcare are the foundation’s top priorities. The Foundation has received numerous billions of dollars from Bill and Melinda.

Approximately $36 billion was estimated to have been given to the foundation by the couple in 2018. Bill and Melinda Gates, together with Warren Buffet, are the three trustees who run it.

Since the foundation’s inception, a wide range of social, health, and educational advancements have been funded, such as the creation of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at Cambridge University.

Relationship

In 1994, Melinda and Bill exchanged vows in a small ceremony on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. Rory Gates, Phoebe, and Jennifer are their three children.

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