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May 27, 2021 · Bill reportedly used a blackboard to write out the pros and cons of dating Melinda (to be honest, we've all made a very similar list), and, clearly, the positives outweighed the negatives. The two married in Hawaii in 1994 and went on to establish one of the largest philanthropic foundations together.
- Bill and Melinda First Meet
- Bill and Melinda Get Engaged
- January 1, 1994: Bill and Melinda Get Married in Hawaii
- April 26, 1996: Bill and Melinda Welcome Their First Baby
- Melinda Leaves Microsoft to Become A Stay-At-Home Mom
- December 2, 1998: Bill and Melinda Establish A Children's Vaccine Program
- May 23, 1999: Bill and Melinda Gates Welcome Their Second Baby
- Bill and Melinda Establish The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- October 7, 2001: Bill and Melinda Share A Sweet Moment
- September 14, 2002: Bill and Melinda Welcome Their Third Baby
The Microsoft co-founder met his future wife, né Melinda French, soon after she started as a product manager at the company. After first connecting at a sales meeting in New York City, the then-CEO went up to Melinda in a parking lot and asked her on a date. She initially turned him down, citing his lack of spontaneity. "He said, 'You know, I was t...
Bill proposed to Melinda in 1993, six years into their relationship. While neither has opened up much about their engagement, Melinda noted in a 2017 essay for AARPthat the two celebrated their engagement with a trip to Africa in the fall of 1993. The newly-engaged pair's first visit to Africa became a deeply formative experience for the couple. Ca...
After seven years of dating, the couple jetted off for their top-secret destination wedding on the Hawaii island of Lanai on New Year's Day in 1994. The intimate, lavish affair took place at the Manele Bay Hotel, according to the Seattle Times, and was held in front of 130 of their family and friends. The couple reportedly bought out all 250 of the...
Bill and Melinda became first-time parents in April 1996 when they welcomed a daughter, Jennifer Katharine. According to The New York Times, baby Jennifer was born weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington. "They're home," said Microsoft spokesman Dean Katz at the time. "Everybody's fine."
"He was surprised, he was definitely surprised," Melinda told CBS' Sunday Morningin 2017 of Bill's reaction to her decision to stay home to raise their daughter. "But I said to him, 'You know, it just doesn't make sense. You can't be the CEO and go as hard as you're going and — somebody has to be at home, right? We didn't want our children raised...
The couple held a press conference in New York City at the end of 1998 to announce a $100 million investment in children's vaccine access and distribution in developing countries. The evening prior, they were honored alongside Hillary Clintonat the charity For All Kids benefit.
The pair welcomed their second child together, son Rory, in 1999. Describing Rory in an essay for TIMEin 2017, Melinda wrote he is "compassionate and curious." She continued, "He's intelligent and well-read and deeply informed about the wide range of issues that interest him. He's a great son and a great brother. He's inherited his parents' obse...
The couple merged the Gates Learning Foundation, their 1997 charity dedicated to providing libraries across the U.S. with PCs, with Bill's father's foundation to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, which was funded by their wealth from Microsoft as well as a large contribution from Warren Buffet. "It's absolutely a partnership of eq...
The Seattle-based pair, who are avid tennis lovers, took a break from business to share a sweet look during the Schick XTreme III Tennis Challenge at Key Arena in their hometown in 2001.
The Gates' welcomed their third child, daughter Phoebe, in 2002. To mark Phoebe's 13th birthday, Melinda wrote an essay for TIMEin which she described her youngest as "smart, playful, thoughtful, compassionate" and remarked on her hopes for a world in which young women would have equal opportunities.
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Mar 2, 2022 · In the interview, set to air Thursday, French Gates described grieving her marriage after Gates was found to have had an affair with a Microsoft staffer in 2019.
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Jun 28, 2021 · Bill had his reservations before the pair married in 1994 and even made a pros-and-cons list on a whiteboard to finally decide if he wanted to marry Melinda, she revealed in the 2019 Netflix ...
May 20, 2021 · Before Gates met Melinda in 1987, the Microsoft co-founder had at least two other major romances, both of which left a lasting impression on his life. Here’s what is known about Gates’ two...
Apr 15, 2024 · All About Paula Hurd. News of their relationship came roughly two years after Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, announced their divorce. By. Skyler Caruso. Updated on April 15,...
Jun 8, 2021 · Jun 8, 2021, 3:54 AM PDT. Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates. Frederic Stevens/Getty. Vanity Fair on Monday published a report with new details about the Gateses' marriage. Sources told...
