Melinda Gates

MacKenzie Bezos unveils her first public philanthropic effort—with a famous partner

MacKenzie Bezos and Melinda Gates are teaming up for a philanthropic effort to help women gain more power and influence by 2030.

Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures has a plan to help women gain more power in tech

GET Cities is the first initiative to come out of a $1 billion pledge by Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures to increase women’s power and influence.

Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen says we’re at ‘transformational moment’ to address inequality and harassment

“The attention of the public has stayed riveted on this; CEOs are paying attention,” says the newly appointed president and CEO.

Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to boost the ‘power and influence’ of women in the U.S.

This issue “keeps me up at night,” said the billionaire philanthropist.

Bill and Melinda Gates want to surprise you

In their latest annual letter, the philanthropic couple explain some of their big revelations from the last year of giving.

Melinda Gates, B.J. Novak, Sundar Pichai, and more share the children’s books that shaped them

Does a love of reading as a child lay the foundation for a productive life? These great minds of our time are connected by their passion for children’s books.

This self-lubing condom lasts for 1,000 thrusts–and could change sex

How do you get people to wear condoms? Design one that feels better than anything else on the market.

Objects matter. Here’s what Melinda Gates, DeRay McKesson, and Travon Free value most of all

From an Apple III to a blue vest, these are the prized possessions of today’s leading lights.

Female founders, here’s a $27M fund that wants to invest in you right now

It seems fair to say F3 has lived up to its mission with investments in female-run companies like Rent The Runway, Shine, Tala, and Zola.

Bill and Melinda Gates’ next big move? The economic empowerment of women

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has devoted considerable time and resources to global health endeavors, but in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up, it’s shifting its mission. In an op-ed posted on Quartz, Melinda Gates announced that the foundation will share $170 million over the next four years to help women exercise their economic power. … Continue reading “Bill and Melinda Gates’ next big move? The economic empowerment of women”

The 4 Ideas That Melinda Gates Thinks Are Changing The World

From mobile banking to contraception, this is what she thinks is going to drive the next wave of advances for people in the developing world.

Melinda Gates On The Importance Of The Girl Effect

The Gates Foundation makes it a point to fund solutions for women and girls because those solutions are often the most effective.

2010 Communication Hits and Misses

Gates Foundation Pushes Technology for College Preparedness

The Most Creative People in Business: Top 25

Top 10 Most Creative People in Health Care

In a field ripe for disruptive innovation, creative thinkers abound.