Melinda GatesMelinda Gates, cochair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, has dedicated her life to achieving transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families, communities, and societis. Core to her work is empowering women and girls to help them realize their full potential. In 2015, Melinda created Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company that enables her to bring together other new and emerging strands of her advocacy and philanthropic work focused in the US. Melinda received a bachelor's degree from Duke and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School. After joining Microsoft Corp. in 1987, she helped develop many of the company's multimedia products. In 1996, she left Microsoft to focus on her philanthropic work and family. Read More Read Less