Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft, and the ex-wife of its co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes magazine. In 2000, she and her then-husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization. She and her ex-husband have been awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour. In early May 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates announced they were getting divorced. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.
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CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 2024-07-25: Melinda French Gates, Jalen Milroe (Jul 25, 2024)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 5x147: Melinda Gates, Star Donaldson (Apr 14, 2025)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 2x41: Melinda Gates (Mar 22, 2021)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction (2018)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 2x05: Melinda Gates (May 31, 2019)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 2019-04-24: Melinda Gates (Apr 24, 2019)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2025-04-14: Sarah Snook, Melinda French Gates (Apr 14, 2025)
- Episode 2024-07-24: Melinda French Gates, Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Jul 24, 2024)
- Episode 2019-02-12: Regina King, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Jena Friedman (Feb 12, 2019)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Melinda Gates
- Episode 2016-02-23: Kevin Spacey, Bill & Melinda Gates, Kygo (Feb 23, 2016)