![]() ![]() ![]() Soon after founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda went to Malawi “and was deeply moved to see so many mothers standing in long lines in the heat to get shots for their kids.” Well, Melinda Gates would like to change your mind! Chapter 1 | The Lift of a Great Idea The main focus is girls and women-because they should be. In The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates tells the whole story behind it: its beginnings, its objectives, its utopian dreams of contributing to a better future. Launched in 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is the largest private foundation of the world (and, thus, the world’s largest private charitable organization as well) with primary aims to reduce extreme poverty, expand educational opportunities, and enhance healthcare all over the world. ![]() ![]() from Duke’s Fuqua School, Melinda got a job at Microsoft, where she worked for almost a decade, before leaving the company to focus on her family and philanthropic work.Īs the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda “sets the direction and priorities of the world’s largest philanthropy.” In addition, she has also founded Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company. Melinda Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and feminist.Īfter receiving a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Duke University and an M.B.A. ![]()
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