Melinda: the woman standing behind the world's richest man-Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, the richest man-IT information
Referring to Bill Gates, most of the time people will associate him with Paul Allen co-founded "software giant", reminiscent of his life spend the big money, will associate him with Steve Ballmer, Steve jobs, Warren Buffett and other human relationships, and so on. However, few people would have thought that the woman standing behind Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda (Melinda Gates).
United States on August 15, it was Melinda's birthday. Bill Gates has issued a Tweet on his Twitter, he said: "happy birthday, Melinda. Dance for us in the past and more years in the future. "Many users have forwarded, and Melinda Gates sent birthday wishes. We take advantage of this opportunity, to know about Melinda this person and how she and Bill Gates together.
That year, Director of product
Melinda was born in the United States a middle-class family in Dallas, the mother is a full-time housewife, and her father is an aeronautical engineer. In order to support his family, her father opened a housing rental companies even part-time, Melinda did little to help a child. Melinda, 16 years old that year, father to company accounts and bought an Apple III, Melinda soon fell in love with it. Perhaps for this reason, older Melinda likes computer stuff, she was admitted to the United States Department of computer science at Duke University, and obtained an MBA degree.
In fact, Melinda in College had a bond with Bill Gates founded Microsoft, she worked in the company practice for quite some time. And obtained a MBA degree, she got her wish became a member of the company, and also with Bill Gates for her "Office Romance" buried a hint. In 1987, 22 year old Melinda, the first time I saw Bill Gates, then she said: "Bill was more humorous than I thought. "Years later, others in the media have asked Bill Gates, why does Melinda attracted his attention, and Bill Gates ' answer was simple and direct, he said," I guess she looks like ".
What is Bill Gates ' answer is a joke seriously, we could not be confirmed. But the richest man in the world today would certainly not superficial, facts show that, Bill Gates, Melinda does by virtue of personal charm. Melinda initially served as Director of product at Microsoft, responsible for collecting user experiences and feedback. An important message to the company she once feedback, fixed a fatal error in Windows to avoid the company's huge losses. This was noticed by Bill Gates and Melinda and Bill Gates offered the appointment invitation later.
According to the early employees of Microsoft said, when Bill Gates look out of the window of the Office, can be seen where Melinda Office lighting. We do not know this is not intentional, but young and not demonstrative of Bill Gates, is truly saying "Please always keep a light for me! "The win was Melinda's heart. The two began dating after Microsoft Office became the most commonly within the dating place.
Now the richest man in Lady
When Melinda's family believes that dating the boss is not a good idea. But she and Bill Gates, the "Office Romance" is not so high profile, and also Microsoft internal employees who are respected. See here, many people could look forward to some idols in the plot of the Prince asked her to marry him. However this section does not appear, this initiative is Melinda. Melinda's more outgoing, when she was in college fraternity Beta Rho chapter members very seriously and deal with the feelings of the single-minded.
After 7 years, Melinda worked up the courage to wear a custom-made shirt came to Bill Gates ' Office, printed with a capital a, "marry me, Bill." Finally, in 1994 new year's day, rang out from a church blessing of the Hawaii Bill Gates and Melinda wedding bells. At that time, Bill Gates had with Microsoft as a technology of wealthy people, but he's not the world's richest man. Still, the wedding can still describe it in luxury.
It is reported that the wedding day Bill Gates at the lanayi island of Hawaii all cars, helicopters and 520 hotel rooms, wedding liuweiyiwan of those billionaires include Paul Allen, Warren Buffett.
After getting married, the second year (summer 1995), was 39 years old when Bill Gates first Forbes Global billionaires topped the personal wealth of $ 12.9 billion. Microsoft sales revenue that year for $ 5.9 billion, total staff reached 17801. After three years of marriage, Melinda Gates gave birth to a girl. From then on, she quit the Microsoft position and became a housewife, while helping her husband attends to charitable foundation, the family business and wealth, it also let Bill Gates have more energy to focus on the development of Microsoft. Melinda is Bill Gates's "wife", who can't help but evaluate friend Warren Buffett: "Bill Gates really need Melinda."
Written in the last
However, knowing these things people know she is not. In 2014, when Fortune magazine interview with Melinda, as President of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she was asked what the world will leave legacies. Her answers may lead us in awe, she said:
One day I die, I want people to think: Melinda is a very good mother, good friends, great family members. Than riches, but I care about what others think of me more.
Beautiful Lake Washington with a vast science and technology mansion, Melinda is the mistress of the mansion. She is now the mother of three children, Bill Gates stepped down as Microsoft CEO positions early, the couple committed to philanthropy. They move the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has a huge amount of money to do support, designed to promote equality in the areas of global health and education, and Melinda are very concerned about women's rights and equality issues in the world.
梅琳达·盖茨：那个站在世界首富身后的女人 - 比尔盖茨,梅琳达,首富 - IT资讯
提到比尔·盖茨，大多数情况下人们会联想到他与保罗·艾伦联合创立的“软件巨人”，会联想到他那几辈子也花不完的巨额财富，会联想到他与史蒂夫·鲍尔默、史蒂夫·乔布斯、沃伦·巴菲特等人的关系等等。不过，很少有人会联想到那个默默站在比尔·盖茨身后的女人，他的妻子——梅琳达·盖茨（Melinda Gates）。
美国时间8月15日，正好是梅琳达·盖茨的生日。比尔·盖茨特地在自己的Twitter上发布了一则推文，他说：“生日快乐，梅琳达。共舞献给我们过去以及未来更多的岁月。”许多网友纷纷转发，并且也为梅琳达·盖茨送上了生日祝福。我们正好趁着这个机会，来好好了解一下梅琳达·盖茨这个人以及她与比尔·盖茨是如何走到一起的。
当年的产品主管
梅琳达·盖茨出生在美国达拉斯一个中产家庭，母亲是全职家庭主妇，父亲则是一个航空工程师。为了养家糊口，她父亲甚至兼职开了一家房屋租凭公司，梅琳达小时候也没少帮忙。在梅琳达16岁的那一年，父亲为了方便公司记账而买进了一台Apple III，梅琳达很快就喜欢上了它。或许也是因为这个缘故，长大后的梅琳达非常喜欢计算机方面的东西，她考入了美国杜克大学的计算机系，并且获得了MBA学位。
事实上，梅琳达在大学期间就与比尔·盖茨创立的微软有了不解之缘，她曾在这家公司实习了一段时间。而在获得了MBA学位后，她也如愿以偿正式成为了这家公司的一员，同时也为她与比尔·盖茨的“办公室恋情”埋下了伏笔。1987年，22岁的梅琳达第一次见到比尔·盖茨，后来她回忆的时候曾表示：“当时比尔比我想象中更幽默有趣。”多年以后，也有媒体追问过比尔·盖茨，为什么梅琳达会吸引他的注意力，比尔·盖茨的回答倒是简单直接，他说：“我猜是她的长相”。
比尔·盖茨的回答到底是认真还是开了个玩笑，我们无从考证。不过当今世界首富肯定不会那么肤浅，事实也证明，梅琳达确实凭借着个人魅力吸引了比尔·盖茨。梅琳达最初在微软内部担任产品主管，负责收集和反馈用户体验。有一次她向公司反馈了一个重要信息，修正了Windows的一个致命失误，避免了公司的巨大损失。这也让比尔·盖茨注意到了梅琳达的存在，后来比尔·盖茨也主动提出了约会邀请。
据微软早期员工的透露，当时比尔·盖茨办公室的窗口望出去，是可以看到梅琳达所处办公室的灯光。我们不清楚这是不是有意安排，不过当时年轻且不善表达的比尔·盖茨，确实是以一句“请永远为我留着一盏灯吧！”而赢得了梅琳达的芳心。两人开始交往之后，微软内部的办公室成为了他们最常约会的地方。
现在的首富夫人
当时梅琳达的家人都认为，与老板约会并不是一个好主意。不过她与比尔·盖茨的“办公室恋情”并没有那么高调，而且也得到了微软内部很多员工的尊重。看到这里，很多人可能会期待出现某部偶像剧中白马王子向女方求婚的桥段。然而这样的桥段并没有出现，这一回主动的是梅琳达。梅琳达的性格比较外向，在大学的时候她还是联谊会Beta Rho chapter成员，而且对待感情非常认真专一。
交往7年后，梅琳达鼓起勇气穿了一件特别定制的T恤来到比尔·盖茨的办公室，上面印着大写的“娶我吧，比尔”。终于在1994年新年这一天，夏威夷的一间教堂里响起了祝福比尔·盖茨和梅琳达结婚的钟声。当时，比尔·盖茨已经凭借着微软成为了科技界富甲一方的人物，但是他还不是世界首富。尽管如此，这场婚礼依然可以用奢华来形容。
据悉，婚礼当天比尔·盖茨在夏威夷拉那伊岛包下了全部轿车、直升飞机和520间酒店客房，而到场参加婚礼的人中有六位亿万富翁，其中就包括保罗·艾伦、沃伦·巴菲特等。
结婚后第二年（1995年夏季），时年39岁的比尔·盖茨首次登上《福布斯》全球亿万富翁排行榜榜首，个人财富为129亿美元。微软当年销售收入为59亿美元，员工总量达到17801人。婚后第三年，梅琳达为比尔·盖茨生下了一个女孩。从此她便辞掉了微软的职务，一边当起家庭主妇，一边帮助丈夫料理慈善基金会、家族事务以及巨额财富，这也让比尔·盖茨有了更多的精力专注于微软的发展。梅琳达就是比尔·盖茨的“贤内助”，身为好友的沃伦·巴菲特也忍不住评价道：“比尔·盖茨真的非常需要梅琳达”。
写在最后
不过，知道这些事情的人都还不算了解她。2014年的时候《财富》杂志采访了梅琳达，作为比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会的主席，她被问及会给全世界留下什么做遗产。她的回答可能会让人肃然起敬，她说：
有一天我离开人世，我希望人们能这样想：梅琳达是个好母亲、好朋友、很棒的家庭成员。比起巨额财富，我更加在乎别人怎么看待我。
在美丽的华盛顿湖畔有一座巨大的科技豪宅，梅琳达是这座豪宅的女主人。现在她已经是三个孩子的妈妈，而比尔·盖茨也早早辞去了微软CEO的职务，两夫妇全心全意投入到慈善事业中。他们名下的比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会，拥有庞大的资金做支持，旨在促进全球卫生和教育领域的平等，而且梅琳达非常关注全球女性权益平等的问题。