bill & melinda gates foundation

A biography of Bill and Melinda Gates that focuses on their relationship, business, and charitable works.

A brief biography of Melinda Gates that discusses her philanthropy and accomplishments.

Profiles the lives and achievements of Bill and Melinda Gates in computers, business, and philanthropy.

Melinda Gates is known throughout the world for her intelligence, business sense, and philanthropic work. As readers explore facts about Gates's life, they learn the importance of developing strong values, such as generosity. A biographical timeline, detailed sidebars, and full-color photographs give readers a comprehensive look at why Gates has proven to be a good role model for young people. Motivational quotes from Gates are also included. Gates has positively affected the lives of many people around the world, and her story is one readers are sure to find inspiring.

Examines the life of the founder of Microsoft, discusses the history of the company, and describes the charitable works done with his wife through their foundation.

The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more power over education policy, global agriculture, and global health than ever before. Far from being selfless, plutocratic philanthropy may be the ultimate profit-making tool. Author and academic Linsey McGoey puts this new golden age of philanthropy under the microscope--paying particular attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As large charitable organizations replace governments as the providers of social welfare, their largesse becomes suspect. The businesses fronting the money often create the very economic instability and inequality the foundations are purported to solve.