|
Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964)〔(Texas Births, 1926–1995 ). Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved on 2013-06-29.〕 is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Encarta and Expedia. ==Life and work== Melinda Ann French was born in 1964 in Dallas, Texas. The second of four children born to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker, she has an older sister and two younger brothers.〔("Melinda Gates goes public (pg. 2)" ). ''CNN''. January 7, 2008.〕 Melinda, a Roman Catholic,〔(The Guardian. Melinda Gates: 'I'm a Catholic, but women need access to contraceptives' ). Guardian. Retrieved on 2013-06-29.〕〔(The Independent. Catholic Melinda Gates defies the Vatican over birth control funds ). Independent.co.uk (2012-07-12). Retrieved on 2013-06-29.〕 attended St. Monica Catholic School, where she was the top student in her class year. She graduated as valedictorian from Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 1987. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter, at Duke University. Shortly thereafter, she joined Microsoft and participated in the development of many of Microsoft’s multimedia products, including Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. She met Bill Gates while working at Microsoft.〔 In 1994, she married Gates in a private ceremony held in Lanai, Hawaii. Shortly thereafter, she left Microsoft to focus on starting and raising her family. Her last position there was General Manager of Information Products. Melinda and Bill Gates have three children: daughters Jennifer Katharine Gates (born 1996) and Phoebe Adele Gates (born 2002), and son Rory John Gates (born 1999). The family resides in Bill Gates's house on the shore of Lake Washington near Seattle. Gates served as a member of Duke University's board of trustees from 1996 to 2003.〔(Gates Joins Trustees ). Fuqua.duke.edu (1996-09-30). Retrieved on 2013-06-29.〕 Gates attends Bilderberg Group conferences and holds a seat on the board of directors of the Washington Post company. She retired from the board of Drugstore.com in August 2006 to spend more time working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As of 2014, Melinda and Bill Gates have donated more than US$30 billion to the Foundation.〔(). forbes.com. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melinda Gates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|