Melinda French Gates
{{Infobox person
| name               = Melinda French Gates
| image              = Melinda Gates 2014.jpg
| caption            = French Gates kan 2014
| birth_name         = Melinda Ann French
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|08|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| nationality        = Amerikano
| education          = [[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| occupation         = Kapwa-Pamayo and Kagtugdas, [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
| net_worth          = {{up}} [[US$]]3.2 Billion ({{As of|2021|06|07|df=US}})<ref name="Forbes Profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes Profile: Melinda Gates |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/melinda-gates/?sh=5b7ce7ef7c2b |website=Forbes |access-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507121621/https://www.forbes.com/profile/melinda-gates/?sh=5b7ce7ef7c2b |url-status=live }}</ref>
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Bill Gates]]|January 1, 1994|August 2, 2021|reason=divorce}}<ref name="CNBC20210802">{{cite web |last1=Novet |first1=Jordan |title=Bill and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced following 27-year marriage |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/bill-and-melinda-french-gates-are-officially-divorced.html |website=CNBC |access-date=August 3, 2021 |language=en |date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803003913/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/bill-and-melinda-french-gates-are-officially-divorced.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| children           = 3
| website            = {{URL|https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/General-Information/Leadership/Executive-Leadership-Team/Melinda-Gates | Profile}}
| awards             = [[File:Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).svg|border|23px]] [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2016)
}}
Si Melinda French Gates (namundag Melinda Ann French; Agosto 15, 1964) sarong Amerikanong pilantropo asin dating sientista sa kompyuter asin pangkagabsan na manedyer sa Microsoft. Si French Gates daing pagliwatliwat na inapod na saro sa pinakamakapangyarihan na babae sa kinaban kan Forbes.

Kan 2000, siya asin an saiyang dating agom na si Bill Gates minukna na an Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an pinakadakulang pribadong organisasyon sa charity sa kinaban kadtong 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=What is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/what-is-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation}}</ref> Siya asin an saiyang dating agom ginawadan kan US Presidential Medal of Freedom asin kan French Legion of Honour. Sa kaamayan kan Mayo 2021, inanunsyar ni Bill asin Melinda Gates na sinda nagdibursyo alagad magdadanay pang kaapil kan pundasyon.

== Buhay ==
Si Melinda Ann Pranses namundag kan Agosto 15, 1964, sa Dallas, Texas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=October 23, 2011|title=Office romance: how Bill met Melinda|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/office-romance-how-bill-met-melinda-855292.html}}</ref> Siya an ikaduwa sa apat na aki na namundag ki Raymond Joseph French Jr., sarong aerospace engineering, asin Elaine Agnes Amerland, sarong maybahay.  Igwa siya nin matuang tugang na babae asin duwang ngohod na tugang na lalaki.

Si French, na sarong Katoliko, nag - atender sa St. Monica Catholic School, kun saen siya an pinakamatibay na estudyante sa saiyang klase. <ref name="Catholic 2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/billgatesentrepr0000lesi|title=Bill Gates: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist|last=Jeanne M. Lesinski|publisher=Twenty First Century Books|year=2009|isbn=978-1-58013-570-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/billgatesentrepr0000lesi/page/61 61]|quote=Melinda, a devout Catholic, wanted a religious wedding|access-date=March 10, 2011|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Catholic 1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vo2ZAAAAIAAJ&q=Melinda+Gates+roman+catholic|title=Business Week, Issues 3649–3652|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|year=1999|quote=Raised a Roman Catholic and educated at a girls' Catholic high school, Ursaline Academy in Dallas, Melinda was encouraged to pursue her love of science|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912183838/https://books.google.com/books?id=vo2ZAAAAIAAJ&q=Melinda+Gates+roman+catholic|archive-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> Sa edad na 14, si Pranses ipinamidbid sa Apple II kan saiyang ama, asin an sarong maestro sa eskuelahan na an ngaran Mrs. Bauer na nagboses sa pagtokdo kan mga estudyante sa gabos na babayi sa computer science.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1097579369|title=The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world|last=Gates|first=Melinda, 1964-|date=January 12, 2021|isbn=978-1-250-25772-7|oclc=1097579369|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912183839/https://www.worldcat.org/title/moment-of-lift-how-empowering-women-changes-the-world/oclc/1097579369|archive-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> Hali sa eksperyensiya niyang ini nagkaigwa siya nin interes sa mga kawat sa kompyuter asin sa BASIC programming language.

Naggradwar si Pranses bilang valedictorian sa Ursuline Academy of Dallas kan 1982. Nakakua siya nin bachelor's degree sa computer science asin ekonomiks sa Unibersidad nin Duke kan 1986 asin sarong MBA sa Fuqua School of Business kan 1987.<ref name="StangeOyster2013">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BTKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT386|title=The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World|last=Mary Zeiss Stange|last2=Carol K. Oyster|last3=Jane E. Sloan|date=January 9, 2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-7037-1|pages=386–|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912144343/https://books.google.com/books?id=_BTKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT386|archive-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> Sa Duke, si Pranses miembro kan Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
[[Ladawan:Melinda_Gates_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg|wala|thumb|Si French Gates kan 2011]]

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Si Melinda French Gates (namundag Melinda Ann French; Agosto 15, 1964) sarong Amerikanong pilantropo asin dating sientista sa kompyuter asin pangkagabsan na manedyer sa Microsoft. Si French Gates daing pagliwatliwat na inapod na saro sa pinakamakapangyarihan na babae sa kinaban kan Forbes.

Kan 2000, siya asin an saiyang dating agom na si Bill Gates minukna na an Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an pinakadakulang pribadong organisasyon sa charity sa kinaban kadtong 2015. Siya asin an saiyang dating agom ginawadan kan US Presidential Medal of Freedom asin kan French Legion of Honour. Sa kaamayan kan Mayo 2021, inanunsyar ni Bill asin Melinda Gates na sinda nagdibursyo alagad magdadanay pang kaapil kan pundasyon.

 Buhay 
Si Melinda Ann Pranses namundag kan Agosto 15, 1964, sa Dallas, Texas. Siya an ikaduwa sa apat na aki na namundag ki Raymond Joseph French Jr., sarong aerospace engineering, asin Elaine Agnes Amerland, sarong maybahay.  Igwa siya nin matuang tugang na babae asin duwang ngohod na tugang na lalaki.

Si French, na sarong Katoliko, nag - atender sa St. Monica Catholic School, kun saen siya an pinakamatibay na estudyante sa saiyang klase.  Sa edad na 14, si Pranses ipinamidbid sa Apple II kan saiyang ama, asin an sarong maestro sa eskuelahan na an ngaran Mrs. Bauer na nagboses sa pagtokdo kan mga estudyante sa gabos na babayi sa computer science. Hali sa eksperyensiya niyang ini nagkaigwa siya nin interes sa mga kawat sa kompyuter asin sa BASIC programming language.

Naggradwar si Pranses bilang valedictorian sa Ursuline Academy of Dallas kan 1982. Nakakua siya nin bachelor's degree sa computer science asin ekonomiks sa Unibersidad nin Duke kan 1986 asin sarong MBA sa Fuqua School of Business kan 1987. Sa Duke, si Pranses miembro kan Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
wala|thumb|Si French Gates kan 2011

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