Lessons Melinda French Gates learned from her parents and famous friends

Lessons Melinda French Gates learned from her parents and famous friends

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist and the founder of Pivotal Ventures.Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesMelinda French Gates shared wisdom from influential figures in her memoir.Her parents and friends, like Warren Buffett, shaped her perspective on business and beyond.Here's what her successful friends have to say about life.Melinda French Gates has picked up nuggets of wisdom and valuable lessons from powerful friends throughout her deca…

Melinda French Gates explains her $1 billion promise to change the world for women

In Melinda French Gates’s new book, The Next Day, she illuminates the importance of knowing “the story that you are writing for yourself.” After turning 60, leaving The Gates Foundation, and beginning a new chapter in her philanthropy, I was curious about the story that she is authoring. What are French Gates’s new dreams?  “My new dreams are to lift women up generationally,” she says. “So, the world is different when my granddaughters enter the…