"charitable work. In the case of Bill and Melinda Gates, the work referenced was that of this foundation. In April 2010, Gates was invited to visit and speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he asked the students to take on the hard problems of the world in their futures. He also explained the nature and philosophy of his philanthropic endeavors. In 2010, the foundation's founders started the Commission on Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century, entitled ""Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world."" A 2011 survey of grantees found that many believed the"
"(b. 1929), whom he met at UW, and they remained married until she died in 1994. They had three children: Kristianne, Bill, and Libby. In 1996 Gates married Mimi Gardner Gates (b.1943), who was the director of the Seattle Art Museum. William H. Gates Sr. serves as an Honorary Co-Chair for the World Justice Project. The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the Rule of Law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity . Bill Gates Sr. William Henry Gates II (born November 30, 1925), better known as Bill Gates Sr., is"
"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 an estate on the shore of Lake Washington near Seattle. Gates served as a member of Duke University's board of trustees from 1996 to 2003. She attends Bilderberg Group conferences and holds a seat on the board of directors of the"
"Melinda Gates Melinda Ann Gates DBE (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. She is a former Microsoft employee and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, ""Encarta"" and Expedia. Melinda Ann French was born on August 15, 1964 in Dallas, Texas. She is the second of four children to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker. Melinda has an older sister and two younger brothers. Melinda, a Roman Catholic, attended St. Monica Catholic School, where she was"
"17, 2013, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had selected Desmond-Hellmann as its next chief executive officer. She assumed her role on May 1, 2014, the first head of the foundation to be neither a former Microsoft executive nor a personal friend of the Gates', and the first physician. Desmond-Hellmann was listed among ""Fortune"" magazine's Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2001 and from 2003 to 2008. From 2004 to 2006, the ""Wall Street Journal"" listed Desmond-Hellmann as one of its Women to Watch. Desmond-Hellmann married Nicholas Hellmann in 1987. Susan Desmond-Hellmann Susan Desmond-Hellmann is"
"Bill Gates Sr. William Henry Gates II (born November 30, 1925), better known as Bill Gates Sr., is an American retired attorney and philanthropist and author of the book ""Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime"". He is the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. One of a line of businessmen named William H. Gates, and sometimes called William Gates Jr. in his career, he is now generally known as William Henry Gates Sr. due to the greater prominence of his son William H. Gates III (Bill Gates). Gates was born in 1925 in Bremerton, Washington,"
"mode"" after which she would begin addressing the problem. She also spoke about this topic as one of the speakers at the Grace Hopper Celebration on October 4, 2017. In the 2016 annual letter from the Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates said women should ""spend more time doing paid work, starting businesses, or otherwise contributing to the economic well-being of societies around the world. The fact that they can't, holds their families and communities back."" Melinda Gates Melinda Ann Gates DBE (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. She is a former Microsoft employee and co-founder of the"
"his debut studio album, ""Islah"". In late August 2015, Gates was the subject of some controversy after a video surfaced of him allegedly kicking a female fan in the chest at a show in Lakeland, Florida. Gates responded to the allegations shortly thereafter in the form of a song called ""The Truth,"" noting (among other things) that the fan had been tugging on his shorts. In October 2015, Gates married his longtime girlfriend, Dreka Haynes. The couple has two children together, one son and one daughter. Later in October 2015, Gates announced the title and release date of his debut"
"Mimi Gardner Gates Mary ""Mimi"" Gates (née Gardner; born July 30, 1943) is an American art historian who is the recent Director of the Seattle Art Museum. In 1996, she married Bill Gates Sr., father of Bill Gates. Gates holds a B.A. degree in art history from Stanford University, a certificate with honors in Chinese language and culture from the École Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes in Paris, an M.A. degree in Oriental and Chinese Studies from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. degree in Art History from Yale University. An old friend of Theresa Heinz Kerry, she is"
"Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen launched Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. Gates led the company as chief executive officer until stepping down in January 2000, but he remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates"
"His choice of things to take on a desert island were, for music: ""Blue Skies"" by Willie Nelson; book: ""The Better Angels of Our Nature"" by Steven Pinker; and luxury item: a DVD Collection of Lectures from The Teaching Company. Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen launched Microsoft, which"
"Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, Eminem, and others. Gates married his longtime girlfriend, Dreka Haynes, in October 2015. The couple have two children, Islah and Khaza. Gates hinted that he had children by other women in a 2013 interview with ""Complex"": ""I got some children. I'm real real close with them. I lay in the bed with them, hold them, love on them. It really doesn't make sense to say [how many kids I have]. Not in a bad way, but it's not like the public will ever get to see my children, and if they do see them, they aren't going"
"2013, Kelemu joined the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) as Vice President for Programs for about a year. In November 2013, Kelemu became the Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Africa's only institution dedicated to research on insects and other arthropods, which is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. She is the fourth chief executive and the first woman to head the institution. In January 2018, Kelemu was singled out by philanthropist Bill Gates as one of five ""heroes [whose] lives inspire me"". Kelemu is married to Dr. Arjan Gijsman and has a daughter"
"Stop"", ""The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse"", ""Your Play Time"", ""Riverboat"", ""General Electric Theater"", ""Rawhide"", ""Letter to Loretta"", ""Laramie"", ""The Mod Squad"", ""Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre"", ""Bourbon Street Beat"", ""The Special for Women with Dinah Shore"", ""Danny Thomas Hour"", and ""Damon Runyon Theater"". Gates retired in 1969 to be closer to her family. She was married to Hollywood attorney and business manager J. William Hayes, whom she met when he was a commercial pilot and she was a passenger on one of his flights. They had four children, twin daughters Cindy and Cathy, born November 5, 1960, and sons who became Hollywood"
"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Microsoft Corp. founder and his wife, the Gates Award ($1 million) is administered by the Council. In 2004 the award went to Fazle Hasan Abed and his organization, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), one of the ""world's most successful development organizations, credited with improving the health and welfare of tens of millions of destitute people in Bangladesh"". Past winners include the Rotary Foundation, which has raised millions for an ongoing global campaign to stamp out polio. The winner of the 2009 Gates Award was awarded to The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine."
"Bill Gates (frontiersman) ""Swiftwater"" Bill Gates (died 1935) was an American frontiersman and fortune hunter, and a fixture in stories of the Klondike Gold Rush. He made and lost several fortunes, and died in Peru in 1935 pursuing a silver strike. In one famous Klondike story he presented Dawson dance hall girl Gussie Lamore her weight in gold. Gates was married briefly to Grace Lamore in 1898; he later married Bera Beebe, with whom he fathered two sons, Fredrick and Clifford. Gates subsequently abandoned her for 15-year-old Kitty Brandon, his niece. His biography ""The True Life Story of Swiftwater Bill"
"""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 US$28 billion to the Foundation. Gates and her husband were floated as possible vice presidential picks, according to an email from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta. In 2002, Melinda and Bill Gates received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. In December 2005, Melinda and Bill Gates were named by ""Time"" as Persons of the"
"philanthropy and international development. Gates has also donated over $10 million to her high school, Ursuline Academy of Dallas. She is one of the major donors of their Facing the Future Campaign and was honored in their dedication ceremony on May 7, 2010. In recognition of the foundation's philanthropic activities in India, Bill and Melinda Gates jointly received India's third-highest civilian honor, Padma Bhushan, in 2015. In 2016, President Barack Obama honored Gates and her husband with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their philanthropic efforts. In 2017, Gates was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 12 in the"
"of Stanford University. At one point, Bill Gates's wife, Melinda Gates, worked as one of the Marketing Managers on the project. Microsoft originally purchased the domain name bob.com from Boston-area techie Bob Antia, but later traded it to Bob Kerstein for the windows2000.com domain name. Bob included various office suite programs such as a finance application and a word processor. The user interface was designed to simplify the navigational experience for novice computer users. Similar to early graphical shells like Jane, the main interface is portrayed as the inside of a house, with different rooms corresponding to common real-world room"
"1928. Gates married the former Millicent Anne Brengle on September 29, 1928. They had one son and three daughters. After graduating, he joined his father's Philadelphia-based investment banking firm, Drexel and Company. In the early to mid-1930's he worked as a bond salesman at Drexel, and later moved to New York City for two years where he was an apprentice for J.P. Morgan & Company. Gates became a full partner at Drexel and Company in 1940. During World War II he served in the Navy, rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, and participated in campaigns in the Pacific and"
"which officially changed its name to the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management shortly thereafter. In July 2017, Jeff Raikes and his wife Tricia Raikes inspired the creation of Giving Tech Labs and joined their board. Raikes and his wife, Tricia Raikes née McGinnis, have three children: Michaela, Connor, and Gillian. Jeff Raikes Jeffrey Scott ""Jeff"" Raikes (born May 29, 1958) is the co-founder of the Raikes Foundation. He retired from his role as the chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014. He serves on the boards of Giving Tech Labs, Hudl"
"Pledge, a foundation created by Bill Gates where individuals pledge to donate the majority of their wealth. Simons is married to Laura Baxter-Simons, and they have two children. Baxter-Simons is the daughter of former California Supreme Court Justice, Marvin Baxter, and is an attorney, having received her JD from Stanford University. Baxter-Simons serves as the general counsel and chief compliance officer at Meritage Group. Nat Simons Nathaniel Simons (born 1966) is a US businessman and philanthropist. He started Meritage Group, an investment management firm, and co-founded Prelude Ventures, a cleantech investment fund. Simons is the co-founder and a director of"
"Mary Maxwell Gates Mary Maxwell Gates (July 5, 1929 – June 10, 1994) was an American businesswoman, and served 18 years (1975–1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. She was the first female president of King County's United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Opel, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors. Her son Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. Gates was born in Seattle, Washington, as Mary Maxwell to James Willard Maxwell (Nebraska, 1901–1960),"
"Shamsheer is a member of ""The Giving Pledge"", an initiative launched by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and business magnate Warren Buffett in 2010. He joined the initiative on his 41st birthday. He had also pledged to donate half of his total wealth as part of this initiative. Also, when Kerala was hit by the deadly Nipah virus in 2018, Dr. Shamsheer had offered his help to the state government. He donated emergency healthcare equipment, N95 masks and other medical care equipment worth Rs 1.75 crore. The consignment was sent to Kerala on a specially chartered flight from"
"project is Bridge Base Online (BBO), which he began in 2001, for online bridge play. BBO is one of the most popular bridge playing sites. Gitelman was born in Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the Canadian youth and later open international teams before he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. He resides there with his wife, Sheri, also a well-known bridge player. Bill Gates selected Gitelman as his personal bridge coach. Gitelman is sometimes recognized for his creativity at the bridge table. In one tournament he discarded an Ace, as a signal to his partner to not lead that"
"Virginia. After graduating from Prince George High School in 1990, Gates graduated from the College of William & Mary (1994) with a degree in government. Gates was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity in college. Later, he earned a Master of Public Policy degree from George Washington University. In 1995, Gates married Sarah Garnett. They have four children. Early in his career, Gates was appointed to the first class of the Falls Church Fellows program at the Falls Church Anglican, during which he also worked as an intern at the Washington, D.C., consulting firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly."
"first woman to lead it in 1983. Her tenure on the national board's executive committee is believed to have helped Microsoft, based in Seattle, at a crucial time. In 1980, she discussed her son's company with John Opel, a fellow committee member and the chairman of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Opel, by some accounts, mentioned Mrs. Gates to other IBM executives. A few weeks later, IBM took a chance by hiring Microsoft, then a small software firm, to develop an operating system for its first personal computer. Gates died at age 64 in 1994 at her Laurelhurst home after"
"Blecharczyk, Chesky and Gebbia joined Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' 'The Giving Pledge', a select group of billionaires who have committed to give the majority of their wealth away. In early 2017, Blecharczyk transitioned to chief strategy officer at Airbnb. He was listed as the 474th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of US$3.8 billion according to ""Forbes"" 2017 ""The World's Billionaires List"". Blecharczyk was announced as the chairman of Airbnb China, also known as Aibiying, in October 2017. Blecharczyk resides in San Francisco, California. He is married to Elizabeth Morey Blecharczyk, a neonatologist. They have two"
"Susan Buffett Susan Thompson Buffett (June 15, 1932 – July 29, 2004), the first wife of investor Warren Buffett, was active in civil rights, abortion rights and birth control causes. She was a director of Berkshire Hathaway, owning 2.2 percent (worth US$3 billion in 2004) of the company at the time of her death. She was the 153rd richest person in the world. She was president of the Buffett Foundation, which has contributed millions of dollars to educational groups, medical research, family planning groups and other charities. Susan was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Omaha Central High School."
"was a dancer at the Record of the Year awards in 2002, which Gates won for ""Unchained Melody"". In October 2006, ""The People"" newspaper incorrectly reported that they had secretly married. However, Gates and Mole got engaged on New Year's Eve 2007 and were married on 18 July 2008 in a private ceremony for family and friends. The couple had a child together on 6 April 2009, a girl they named Missy. Gates met his current partner ""Coronation Street"" star Faye Brookes when they starred together in ""Legally Blonde: The Musical"", shortly before he split from his wife. Gates qualified"
"1974. The title of his Georgetown doctoral dissertation is ""Soviet Sinology: An Untapped Source for Kremlin Views and Disputes Relating to Contemporary Events in China"" and is available from University Microfilms International as document number 7421652. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from William & Mary (1998), the University of Oklahoma (2011), Georgetown University (2014) and an honorary doctorate award from Kansas State University (2012). He married his wife Becky on January 7, 1967 and they have two children While at Indiana University, Gates was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency and joined in 1966. On January 4,"
"husband co-founded the law practice that became Preston Gates & Ellis in Seattle, Gates turned to a variety of civic activities. Gates' volunteer roles in Seattle and King County included serving on the boards of the Children's Hospital Foundation, Seattle Symphony, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, United Way of King County, and many other nonprofit organizations. She also served as President of the Junior League of Seattle from 1966–1967. She had three children, one of whom was Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. In 1975, Governor Daniel J. Evans appointed Gates to the board of regents for her alma mater, where she"
"the top student in her class year. Melinda 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. At Duke, Melinda was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter. Shortly after graduating from college, Melinda 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"