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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
★French Legion of Honour (2017)
★Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (2006)
★Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle (2006)
★Radcliffe Medal from Harvard (2021)
★UCSF Medal (2013)
★Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2013)
★India's Padma Bhushan (2015)
★Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2016
★American Library Association Honorary Membership (1998)
★Time Person of the Year (2005)
★Jefferson Awards - Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged (2002)
Notable Facts
→Co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, world's largest private charitable organization
→Computer science degree from Duke University, former Microsoft executive
→Founded Pivotal Ventures in 2015, investing $1 billion over 10 years in women's empowerment
→Net worth estimated at $30.4 billion as of 2026
→Author of bestselling books 'The Moment of Lift' and 'The Next Day'
→Resigned as co-chair of Gates Foundation in June 2024
→Created YouTube series 'Moments That Make Us' featuring high-profile interviews
→Has 1M Instagram followers and 361,000 LinkedIn newsletter subscribers
→First-time presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024 election
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