Melinda Gates Quotes


With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.


Citations

Gates, Melinda. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. Flatiron Books, 2019.

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Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
  • Born: August 15, 1964
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businesswoman $ Philanthropist

Melinda Ann Gates is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company. In 2000, she and her husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization as of 2015. Through the foundation, she led an early 21st century vaccination campaign which significantly contributed to the eradication of the wild poliovirus in Africa. Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes.