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The Gates Foundation [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 third largest charitable foundation in the world, [6] [7] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spokesperson declined to comment apart from pointing to French Gates’ statement. ... Contact Jessica Mathews at jessica.mathews@fortune.com or through the ...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States: Seattle: $50.2 billion 2000 [6] 4 Wellcome Trust United Kingdom: London: $42.8 billion £34.6 billion 1936 [7] 5 Stichting INGKA Foundation Netherlands: Leiden: $37.3 billion €34.3 billion 1982 [8] 6 Mastercard Foundation Canada: Toronto: $31.5 billion 2006 [9] 7 Fundación La Caixa: Spain: Palma ...
Melinda French Gates [2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and a former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. Born and raised in Dallas , Texas, she graduated from Duke University and started working at Microsoft in 1987.
Melinda left her role on the board of the Gates’ eponymous foundation in June 2024. “After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill ...
French Gates, one of the world’s wealthiest and most prominent philanthropists, resigned from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this month, announcing June 7 will be her last day at ...
She helped Bill and Melinda Gates found their foundation, growing it from its inception in 1997 to the world's largest philanthropy with 500 employees by the time she stepped down in 2008. [9] [4] In 1997, Bill and Melinda Gates asked Stonesifer to launch the Gates Library Foundation, [10] which later merged with the William H. Gates Foundation ...
Melinda French Gates is beginning a new era for her philanthropy, still focused on women and families. Melinda French Gates exits the Gates Foundation. What will she do with her $12.5 billion?