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Melinda Gates
Co-founder and co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lady Gates is a humanitarian powerhouse. The organization currently manages projects ranging from domestic school reform to biodiesel efforts in Ghana and has managed more than $37.1 billion in assets since 1994 and projects in more than 100 countries. Both Gates and her husband take a big picture view—save the most people first. Major Gates Foundation projects have included substantial funding to child hunger programs, polio eradication efforts, immunization work, and farm support programs. As for her personal stake in the Microsoft empire, Melinda and her husband have reportedly reserved $30 million of their empire for their three children and plan to donate much of the rest of their $56 billion net worth to humanitarian efforts worldwide. As for why she does it, Melinda cites her daughter. "I really want her to have a voice, whatever she chooses to do," Melinda told Fortune Magazine. "I need to role-model that for her."
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