If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
DescriptionAmerican businesswoman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
AliasesMelinda Ann French; Melinda French Gates
BornAugust 15, 1964
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionBusinessperson; Patron
AwardsJefferson Awards For Public Service; Time Person Of The Year; Order Of The Aztec Eagle; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Forbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Padma Bhushan; Chatham House Prize