1964 - Today
Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft, and the ex-wife of its co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes magazine.In 2000, she and her then-husband Bill Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization as of 2015. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melinda Gates has received more than 6,686,856 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Melinda Gates is the 160th most popular businessperson (down from 139th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,688th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Melinda Gates ranks 160 out of 601. Before her are Massimo Moratti, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Vincenzo Lancia, Sung Jae-gi, Eric Schmidt, and Basil Zaharoff. After her are Lady Bird Johnson, Charles Simonyi, Masayoshi Son, Phil Knight, Karl Albrecht, and Stanley Ho.
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 154
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 155
1881 - 1937
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 156
1967 - 2013
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 157
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 158
1849 - 1936
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 159
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 160
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 161
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 162
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 163
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 164
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 165
1921 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 166
Among people born in 1964, Melinda Gates ranks 42. Before her are Edi Rama, Gitanas Nausėda, Chris Cornell, Eazy-E, Abedi Pele, and Mats Wilander. After her are Rick Riordan, Mehriban Aliyeva, David Woodard, C. C. Catch, Clive Owen, and Jean Alesi.
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 36
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 37
1964 - 2017
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 38
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 40
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 41
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 43
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 44
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 45
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 46
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 47
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, Melinda Gates ranks 1,782 out of 18,182. Before her are Michael Massee (1952), Owen Wilson (1968), Martin Gardner (1914), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), George Chakiris (1934), and Matthew Broderick (1962). After her are Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Zack Snyder (1966), Ida Tarbell (1857), Will Eisner (1917), and Jon Favreau (1966).
1952 - 2016
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,776
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,777
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,778
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,779
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,780
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,781
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,782
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,783
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,784
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,785
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,786
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,787
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,788
Among businesspeople born in United States, Melinda Gates ranks 58. Before her are Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), Christina Onassis (1950), William C. Durant (1861), John Sculley (1939), and Eric Schmidt (1955). After her are Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Phil Knight (1938), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Edsel Ford (1893), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), and Jack Daniel (1850).
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 52
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 53
1950 - 1988
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 54
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 55
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 56
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 58
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 59
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 60
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 61
1893 - 1943
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 62
1851 - 1929
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 63
1850 - 1911
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 64