Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist, former computer scientist, and general manager at Microsoft. She was born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964.
French Gates has frequently been listed by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in the world.
Who is Bill Gates wife Melinda French Gates?
Dallas, Texas, was the place of Melinda Ann French’s birth on August 15, 1964.
She is the second of four children born to homemaker Elaine Agnes Amerland and aerospace engineer Raymond Joseph French Jr.
She has two younger brothers and an older sister.
French, a Catholic, was the highest student in her class at St. Monica Catholic School.
French’s father and Mrs. Bauer, a teacher at the all-girls school, who pushed for teaching computer science to the students, introduced her to the Apple II when she was 14 years old.
She gained an interest in computer games and the BASIC programming language as a result of this experience.
