# Melinda French Gates (@melinda-french-gates)

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist and investor who spent 24 years as co-chair of the Gates Foundation and founded Pivotal in 2015. Her work has emphasized global health and development, gender equality, caregiving, workplace opportunity, and increasing women's control over resources and decisions.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Melinda French Gates's public record._

## Topics

- [Gates Foundation](/@melinda-french-gates/gates-foundation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Investing in Women's Power](/@melinda-french-gates/womens-power.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Pivotal](/@melinda-french-gates/pivotal.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.pivotalventures.org/
- blog: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/our-story
- blog: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2024/05/melinda-french-gates
- blog: https://www.pivotalventures.org/articles/melinda-french-gates-announces-1billlion-commitment-to-advance-women-globally

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "melinda-french-gates", "question": "…"}`.