Melinda french gates[2] (born melinda ann french; August 15, 1964) is an american philanthropist. Born and raised in dallas, texas, she was educated at ursuline academy of dallas, duke university, Ò€¦

Co-founder of the bill & melinda gates foundation, she is not only a Ò€¦ Along with her husband, melinda gates initiated her charitable endeavors in 1994, largely at the behest of billÒ€ℒs father, william h. Gates, but also from the example of billÒ€ℒs mother, a devoted philanthropist Ò€¦