Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
15 August 1964 (62)
Place of birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also known as
Melinda French Gates · Melinda Ann French · Melinda Ann Gates
Biography
Melinda Ann Gates DBE is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft. In 2000, she co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization. Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes.
