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Biography
Melinda Ann Gates DBE is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft. In 2000, she co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization. Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes.
Awards & recognition
- BBC 100 Women · 2021
- Radcliffe Medal · 2021
- Otto Hahn Peace Medal · 2016
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2016
- Chatham House Prize · 2014
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- Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women · 2013
- honorary doctor of the Duke University · 2013
- Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award · 2013
- NAS Public Welfare Medal · 2013
- J. William Fulbright Prize · 2010
- United Nations Population Award · 2010
- Cross of Recognition · 2009
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge · 2009
- Time Person of the Year · 2005
- Jefferson Awards — Public Service · 2002
- American Library Association Honorary Membership · 1998
- Albert Lasker Award — Basic Medical Research
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Padma Bhushan
Filmography9 titles
Fair Play
2022as Self
2022as Self
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
2019as Self
2019as Self
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018as Self
2018as Self
Loot
2022as Melinda Gates
2022as Melinda Gates
The Daily Show
1996as Self
1996as Self
Origin
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Guest
2015as Self - Guest
Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates
2021as Herself
2021as Herself
The View
1997as Self
1997as Self