Melinda French Gates [1] (amụrụ Melinda Ann French ; Ọgọst 15, 1964) bụ onye enyemaka America na onye bụbu onye nrụpụta ngwaahịa na njikwa ngwaahịa mgbasa ozi na Microsoft . Amụrụ ma zụlite na Dallas, Texas, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Duke wee malite ịrụ ọrụ na Microsoft na 1987. N'oge na-adịghị anya ka nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ malitere ịlụ onye na-arụkọ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ na mgbe ahụ-CEO Bill Gates, onye ọ lụrụ na 1994. Na 2000, ya na Gates kwadoro Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, nzukọ ọrụ ebere nke onwe nke kasị ukwuu n'ụwa. [2] Di na nwunye a, ndị nwere ụmụ atọ ọnụ, gbara alụkwaghịm na 2021. N'afọ 2024, ọ gbara arụkwaghịm na Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ka ọ na-achụso ọdịmma onwe ya, ebe ọ natara $12.5 ijeri maka ọrụ ebere dịka akụkụ nke nkwekọrịta nkewa ya. [3]

Magazin Forbes akwadola French Gates dị ka otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị kachasị ike n'ụwa. [4] Ya na di ya gara aga anatala ọtụtụ ihe nrite na nsọpụrụ maka ọrụ ebere ha, gụnyere nrite onye isi ala US Presidential of Freedom na French Legion of Honor . A nabatara ya dị ka otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị 100 nke BBC nke 2021 . [5]

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ

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Melinda Ann French mụrụ na August 15, 1964 na Dallas, Texas . [6] [7] [8] Ọ bụ nke abụọ n'ime ụmụaka anọ amụrụ Raymond Joseph French Jr., onye injinia ikuku, na Elaine Agnes Amerland, onye na-arụ ụlọ . O nwere nwanne nwanyị tọrọ ya na ụmụnne abụọ ndị tọrọ.

French, onye Katọlik, gara St. Monica Catholic School, ebe ọ bụ valedictorian nke klas ya. [9] [10] Mgbe ọ dị afọ 14, nna ya webatara French na Apple II site na nna ya na Oriakụ Bauer, onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ na-akwado ịkụzi sayensị kọmputa na ụlọ akwụkwọ ụmụ nwanyị niile. [11] Ọ bụ site n'ahụmahụ a ka o ji zụlite mmasị ya na egwuregwu kọmputa na asụsụ mmemme BASIC . [12]

French gụsịrị akwụkwọ dị ka valedictorian na Ursuline Academy nke Dallas na 1982. [13] O nwetara nzere bachelọ na sayensị kọmputa na akụnụba na Mahadum Duke na 1986 yana MBA site na Duke's Fuqua School of Business na 1987. [14] Na Duke, French bụ onye otu Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter. [15]

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French Gates na 2011

Ọrụ mbụ French Gates rụrụ bụ ịkụziri ụmụaka ihe gbasara mgbakọ na mwepụ na mmemme kọmputa. [16] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ ghọrọ onye njikwa ahịa na Microsoft, na-ahụ maka mmepe nke ngwaahịa mgbasa ozi. [17] Ndị a gụnyere Cinemania, Encarta, Onye nkwusa, Microsoft Bob, Ego, Ọrụ (Macintosh) na Okwu . [17] [18] Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Expedia, nke ghọrọ otu n'ime ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ntinye akwụkwọ njem kachasị ewu ewu. Na mmalite 1990s, a họpụtara French Gates ka ọ bụrụ onye isi njikwa nke ngwaahịa ozi, ọkwa nke ọ nọrọ ruo 1996. [19] [20] Ọ hapụrụ Microsoft n'afọ ahụ, ka akọwara, ka o lekwasị anya na ịmalite ezinụlọ. [19]

French Gates jere ozi dị ka onye so na kọmitii ntụkwasị obi nke Mahadum Duke site na 1996 ruo 2003. Ọ na-aga nzukọ ọgbakọ Bilderberg kwa afọ ma nwee oche na bọọdụ ndị isi nke Graham Holdings (nke bụbu The Washington Post Company) kemgbe 2004. [21] Ọ nọkwa na bọọdụ ndị isi na Drugstore.com mana hapụrụ n'August 2006 ka ọ lekwasị anya na ọrụ enyemaka. [22] [20] Kemgbe 2000, French Gates anọwo na ọha mmadụ, na-ekwu na "Ka m na-eche banyere ụmụ nwanyị siri ike nke akụkọ ihe mere eme, achọpụtara m na ha si n'ụzọ ụfọdụ pụta." [17] Nke a ekwela ka ọrụ ya na-akpụzi na ịkwalite ebumnuche nke Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ka ọha na eze mata. Site na 2022, Bill na Melinda enyela US $ 59.1 ijeri akụ nke onwe ha na ntọala. [23] Na 2015, French Gates tọrọ ntọala Pivotal Ventures dị ka ụlọ ọrụ dị iche, nweere onwe ya iji chọpụta na mejuputa ihe ngwọta ọhụrụ maka nsogbu na-emetụta ụmụ nwanyị na ezinụlọ US. Na Mee 13, 2024, French Gates gbara arụkwaghịm dị ka onye isi oche nke Bill na Melinda Gates Foundation, ka ọ dị irè na June 7. [24] [25]

N'Ọktoba 2021, Melinda na Bill abụọ gara agbamakwụkwọ nke ada ha nwanyị bụ́ Jennifer nye onye ọgba ọsọ Olympic Nayel Nassar . [26] Na Machị 2022, Melinda kwuru na ya na Bill nwere “enyi na enyi” mana ọ bụghị “enyi”. [27] Na Nọvemba 2022, a kọrọ na ya na onye bụbu onye nta akụkọ Fox News Jon Du Pre na-akpa. N'April 2024, onye na-ekwuchitere kagburu asịrị na French Gates na Du Pre agbaala mbọ, na-egosi na ha abụọ anaghịzi akpa. [28] [29] French Gates ghọrọ nne nne na nke mbụ na Machị 2023 mgbe Jennifer mụrụ nwa nwanyị. [30]

Forbes amatala ya ugboro ugboro na ndepụta afọ ya nke 100 Kasị Ike Women, [31] ogo #3 na 2013, 2014, 2015 na 2017, #4 na 2012 na 2016, #5 na 2020 na 2021, na #6 na 2011, 2018, 2019 na 2022, #10 na 2023. [32] Enyere ya ihe nrite UCSF na 2013. [33] A họpụtara French Gates ka ọ bụrụ onye ọchịagha Dame nke Order nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain (DBE) na 2013 maka ọrụ enyemaka na mmepe mba ụwa. [34] N'ịkwado ọrụ enyemaka nke ntọala ahụ na India, Bill na Melinda jikọtara ọnụ na-enweta nkwanye ùgwù nke atọ kachasị elu nke India, Padma Bhushan, na 2015. [35] Na 2016, Onye isi ala Barack Obama nyere French Gates na di ya ihe nrite onye isi ala nke nnwere onwe maka mbọ enyemaka ha. [36]

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Ụmụ nwanyị na teknụzụ

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Ahụmahụ French Gates nwere maka ebe ọrụ nwoke na-achị na Microsoft kpaliri ya ịgba ọtụtụ ụmụ nwanyị ume na ngalaba mgbakọ. [38] Na Septemba 2016, o kwupụtara ọchịchọ ya ịbawanye ọdịiche dị n'ebe ọrụ, karịsịa na ụlọ ọrụ nkà na ụzụ, na-ekwu, sị: "Ụlọ ọrụ ọ bụla chọrọ nkà na ụzụ, ma anyị na-agụsị akwụkwọ ole na ole ndị ọkà mmụta nkà na ụzụ ụmụ nwanyị. Nke ahụ adịghị mma maka ọha mmadụ. Anyị aghaghị ịgbanwe. ya." [39] French Gates kwukwara banyere isiokwu a na 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, usoro nnọkọ kwa afọ. [40] Achọpụtara ya dị ka otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị 100 nke BBC nke 2021. [5]

Ọrụ ebipụtara

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  • Oge Ebuli: Otu Inye Ụmụ nwanyị Ike Si agbanwe Ụwa (2019) 

Ntụaka

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