Key facts
- Born
- 15 August 1964, Dallas
- State of birth
- Dallas
- Sector
- Social work & NGOs
- Profession
- American philanthropist
- Gender
- Female
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Biography
Melinda Ann French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.
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Timeline
- 1964Born in Dallas
- 1998Awarded the American Library Association Honorary Membership
- 2002Awarded the Jefferson Awards for Public Service
- 2005Awarded the Time Person of the Year
- 2006Awarded the Q97028341
- 2009Awarded the honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- 2009Awarded the Cross of Recognition
- 2010Awarded the J. William Fulbright Prize
- 2010Awarded the United Nations Population Award
- 2013Awarded the honorary doctor of the Duke University
- 2013Awarded the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
- 2013Awarded the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
- 2013Awarded the NAS Public Welfare Medal
- 2014Awarded the Chatham House Prize
- 2016Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2016Awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal
- 2021Awarded the BBC 100 Women
- 2021Awarded the Radcliffe Medal
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