Melinda Gates
American philanthropist
Born:August 15, 1964
Age:62
Zodiac Sign:Leo
Children:3
Born in:Dallas, United States
Residence:Medina, United States
Languages:English
Famous For
Books
Awards
BBC 100 Women (2021)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)Melinda Gates
American philanthropist
Biography
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Quotes
“Some of these big firms often believe in the white guy in a hoodie disrupting a whole industry. So we’re going to disrupt it by making sure we’re indexing for women and minorities because they’ve got great ideas.”
— mentioned 30 May 2018 by Fortune then 31 May 2018 by Business Insider and 5 June 2018 by The Federalist
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult”
— On Facebook #shesaid
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Photos
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 28JAN11 - William H. Gates III (FLTR), Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, and Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, and David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, are captured during the session 'Polio: Eradicating an Old Reality Once and for All' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2011. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Remy Steinegger
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnership, participates in an event with EIB President Nadia Calviño and Melinda Gates on Global Gateway/fighting polio and supporting national health systems at the European Union Delegation in Washington, DC during the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, 18 April 2024.
Minister Kaag ontving vandaag Melinda Gates. Zij onderstreepten het belang van gezamenlijke inzet voor vrouwenrechten in ontwikkelingslanden. ‘When she is educated, her life and the life of her children improve.’ Gates was blij met de verhoging van het Nederlandse budget voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
Minister Kaag ontving vandaag Melinda Gates. Zij onderstreepten het belang van gezamenlijke inzet voor vrouwenrechten in ontwikkelingslanden. ‘When she is educated, her life and the life of her children improve.’ Gates was blij met de verhoging van het Nederlandse budget voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
"This is one of most exciting days of my life. We’re making a historic commitment to improve millions of women's lives. "Every mother and father wants to bring every good thing to a child before having another." Background On 11 July 2012 the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a groundbreaking summit to halve the current number of women and girls in the world's poorest countries without access to contraception, but who wish to avoid pregnancy or space their children. To find out more: www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development Terms of use This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Russell Watkins/Department for International Development'.
Minister Kaag ontving vandaag Melinda Gates. Zij onderstreepten het belang van gezamenlijke inzet voor vrouwenrechten in ontwikkelingslanden. ‘When she is educated, her life and the life of her children improve.’ Gates was blij met de verhoging van het Nederlandse budget voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
London, 11th July 2012. Melinda Gates, speaking at the London Summit on Family Planning. Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development.
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnership, participates in an event with EIB President Nadia Calviño and Melinda Gates on Global Gateway/fighting polio and supporting national health systems at the European Union Delegation in Washington, DC during the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, 18 April 2024.
Left to Right: Dr. Tore Godal, Gary Darmstadt, Tamar Manuelyan Atinc, Dr. John P. Holdren, Ms. Melinda Gates, Secretary Clinton, Dr. Peter A. Singer, Administrator Shah
Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Fred Sai, distinguished Ghanaian physician and Honorary Co-Chair, greet each other. Photo by Sam Hurd