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Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. She spent over a decade as a product manager at Microsoft before co-founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she helped direct billions of dollars to global health and development initiatives for more than twenty years. In 2015, she founded Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company focused on advancing social and economic progress for women in the United States. She remains one of the world's most influential voices in philanthropy.
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Books Melinda Gates recommends
A curated library compiled from public recommendations, interviews and posts.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Power
Such a Fun Age
A River Runs Through It
Think Again
The Vanishing Half
The Gifts of Imperfection
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Keep Sharp
The Moment of Lift
Heartland
Educated
Love You Forever
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
On the Come Up
Sapiens
Brave, Not Perfect
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Hate U Give
Guess How Much I Love You
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
The Shadows
Fifty Million Rising
Mighty Be Our Powers
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
In The Company Of The Poor
Factfulness
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Awakening Joy
When Breath Becomes Air
Daring Greatly
The Book of Awakening
However Long the Night
Bel Canto
Cry, the Beloved Country
Brotopia
Talking to Strangers
Little Fires Everywhere
Home Work
Alpha Girls
Born a Crime
His Dark Materials
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