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NYU professor says traditional networking is ‘nonsense’—instead real friendships are key to success

NYU professor and seasoned business leader Suzy Welch says that handing out business cards at industry functions won’t lead to success. Melinda French Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Gayle King have also leaned on friends for professional growth.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates shares favorite interview from season two of her YouTube series

The second season of French Gates’s YouTube series ‘Moments That Make Us’ was released on Wednesday

The Independent UK

A $2.5 billion pledge makes women’s health a priority in Gates Foundation spend-down

The Gates Foundation has committed $2.5 billion over five years to advance women's health research

The Independent UK

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Melinda French Gates says one role model impacts a woman's future career the most: her father

Forget good grades. Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates and tennis legend Billie Jean King say, dads who believe their daughters can do anything may shape their success more than anything else.

Fortune

Bill Gates' Kids Won't Inherit His Billions—Now His Ex-Wife Is Doubling Down On Tough Love

Refusing to make exceptions in an already unequal startup landscape, Melinda French Gates said she declined to fund her daughter's new business, insisting she raise outside capital based on merit.

Benzinga

Melinda French Gates Reveals Why She Won't Fund Her Daughter's Startup, Says Others Should Back It If Its A 'Real Business'

Melinda French Gates says she will not bankroll her daughter's new fashion-tech venture, arguing that the startup must prove itself the same way any "real business" does.

Benzinga

Melinda French Gates reveals she’s refusing to fund her Gen Z daughter’s new startup—despite being worth nearly $31 billion

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has long warned that his kids won’t be coasting off his fortune—and Melinda French Gates is making sure that mindset starts early, by insisting her daughter raises capital on her own.

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Melinda French Gates Tried To Hold It Together For The Family And Foundation—But Indicates Bill Gates's Infidelity Left Her No Choice

Melinda French Gates has indicated that despite initially trying to save her marriage, it was Bill Gates's confirmed infidelity that ultimately pushed her to end their decades-long relationship.

Benzinga

Melinda French Gates tells Oprah Winfrey she runs every major life decision by her three closest female friends: ‘They are my truth council’

The powerhouse trio of Melinda French Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Gayle King talk all things female friendships.

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Melinda French Gates Reveals The No. 1 Skill Women Need To Reach The C-Suite: 'You Learn To Fail And That Failing Is...'

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has suggested that playing sports could be a major factor in the success of women in the C-suite.

Benzinga

Melinda French Gates says some tech titans siding with Trump are doing 'what some comms person' tells them to do instead of living by their values

"We, of all times right now, should be living those values out, not pivoting to what some comms person tells us is the right thing to do. That would be ridiculous," French Gates said.

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Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett that being the 'smartest person in the world' isn't the most important attribute for success

Other leaders like Melinda French Gates and Amex CEO Stephen Squeri have taken the Omaha investor’s advice to heart in navigating business.

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Melinda French Gates reflects on Gates Foundation legacy

French Gates has played a pivotal role in global health since the turn of the century.

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Melinda French Gates reflects on legacy of Gates Foundation as it announces it will close in 2045

Melinda French Gates says she and her ex-husband, Bill Gates, always intended for the foundation they started together to spend down all of its resources rather than to exist in perpetuity

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The Gates Foundation’s first 25 years: How it changed global health and philanthropy

In its first 25 years, the Gates Foundation became one of the world’s largest charitable foundations and one of the most powerful institutions in global health

The Independent UK

Bill Gates donates fortune to his foundation – giving it $200 billion to spend in next 20 years

Gift makes him among history's most generous philanthropists

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Melinda French Gates shares the advice Warren Buffett gave her when she felt overwhelmed: I replay it in my head when I get tough on myself

French Gates admits she writes down advice she receives from billionaires like Buffett to guide her moves when times get tough.

The Guardian - UK

The Next Day by Melinda French Gates review – Melinda on life, before and after Bill

The philanthropist offers sensible advice about moving on and ditching perfectionism, but you get the impression she is struggling to take it herself

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Melinda French Gates has led an extraordinary life. This self-help book does her down

3/5 Bill Gates’ ex-wife might have taken the high road, but she’s mistaken what readers really want: gossip

Fortune

Melinda French Gates talks divorce in her new book

French Gates' new book, 'The Next Day', is out this week.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates on her new book, her divorce from Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett

In “The Next Day,” Melinda French Gates explores big transitions, including her divorce, her departure from the Gates Foundation, and turning 60.

The Independent UK

Why Melinda French Gates called for a ‘truce’ with her doctor after gaining 79 pounds during pregnancy

The philanthropist shares three children with her ex-husband Bill Gates

Fortune

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is 'kind of a sociopath'

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

Fortune

Melinda French Gates says billionaires aren’t ‘a monolith’

Melinda French Gates cautioned the public against seeing billionaires as monoliths, saying instead she tried to raise her children with a sense of normality.

Fortune

Melinda French Gates said Warren Buffett’s advice helped her set boundaries as a leader

Buffett told staffers at the Gates Foundation to “find your bull's-eye” and everything else will fall into place.

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