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Awards. Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) Website. Profile. Melinda French Gates [2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft, and the ex-wife of its co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates. [3]
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda watch the finals at the 2008 Olympics, which was being held in the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China on Aug. 10, 2008. They were cheering on the American team.
In 2002, Bill and Melinda Gates received the Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged. [270] He was given the 2006 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award from the Tech Awards. [271] In 2015, Gates and his wife Melinda received the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award for their social work in the ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington , it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4 ]
Along with his soon-to-be ex-wife, he launched the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. Now the largest private charitable foundation in the world, the nonprofit had $49.8 billion in endowment ...
Bill Gates' ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, is formally stepping away from the former couple's philanthropic foundation. Melinda, 59, announced on Monday that she has resigned as co-chair of the ...
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Earth-sheltered home. Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) mansion [1] incorporates technology in its design. [specify] [2] In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.