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Melinda Gates DBE
Melinda Gates at the World Economic Forum in 2011
Born	Melinda Ann French (1964-08-15) August 15, 1964 (age 60) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Duke University (BA), (MBA)
Occupation(s)	Co-Chair and Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Spouse	Bill Gates ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2021)​
Children	3
Website	www.gatesfoundation.org

Melinda Ann French Gates DBE (née French; August 15, 1964) is an American business woman who once worked at Microsoft. She was married to Bill Gates. They met while she was working for Microsoft.

She was awarded an honorary damehood by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for her services to charity and international development. As an American citizen, she cannot be called "Dame Melinda", but can use the letters "DBE" after her name. Her current occupations are that she is a philanthropist and she is running the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" with her ex-husband. She has three children : Phoebe Adele Gates, Rory John Gates, and Jennifer Katharine Gates. She got awarded for the Gates Foundation in May 2006.

On May 3, 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they had decided to divorce following 27 years of marriage, and 34 years as a couple. The couple said they will keep working together on charitable efforts.^[1]

• Media related to Melinda Gates at Wikimedia Commons
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• Melinda French Gates at TED
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• Melinda French Gates at the Notable Names Database
• Melinda French Gates collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Works by or about Melinda French Gates in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Melinda Gates Goes Public, Fortune magazine, January 4, 2008
• Melinda Gates Philanthropic Profile Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, GiveSmart.org, November, 2012

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