Melinda Gates
- Born
- 15 August 1964 (62 years)
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Gender
- Female
Melinda Ann Gates DBE is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft. In 2000, she co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization. Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes.