Though the mother of three eventually stepped back from her job at Microsoft after nine years, she continued working with her husband. They launched the earliest version of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 1994, and the philanthropic organization — which focuses on global health, education...
Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen, and subsequently became one of the richest men in the world.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives more money to education than any other cause in the United States.
This was not the case for the wedding of Bill and Melinda Gates. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in Hawaii in 1994, he was determined to keep the wedding an invitation-only affair. He bought all the empty rooms in the Manele Bay Hotel where they were staying. He even went so ...
And it’s been a terrific investment. Better immunization is one reason why the number of children who die has gone down by so much, from almost 10 million in 2000 to 5 million last year. That’s 5 million families that didn’t have to suffer the trauma of losing a daughter or a ...
My work has always been rooted in a core idea: Innovation is the key to progress. It’s why I started Microsoft, and it’s why Melinda and I started the Gates Foundation more than two decades ago. Innovation is the reason our lives have improved so much over the last century. From el...
My family also experienced a lot of changes beyond what you probably saw in the news. My oldest daughter, Jenn, got married this fall, and her wedding was the highlight of my year. Our youngest, Phoebe, graduated from high school and went off to college. Since my son Rory is also awa...
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Through it all, the deals did not stop. Nor did calls for greater fairness and equality, both within and beyond the music business. Over the past tumultuous year, the leading music attorneys chosen for the 2021 edition ofBillboard’s Top Music Lawyers — nominated by their firms and peers ...
On Jan. 1, her parents – the 64-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his 55-year-old wife, who now share the leadership of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a globally influential philanthropic organization – celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. Jennifer Gates and ...