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Friday, March 06, 2009

I can't believe I'm reading this. Melinda Gates in Vogue

I can't believe I followed this Steve Bass link and found myself at Style.com, but gee it was an interesting read. You don't get this stuff in PC World.

Melinda Gates on disease and hunger: Melinda French Gates may be the most ambitious woman on Earth; she certainly has some of the most profound ambitions. “We are trying to solve hunger in the world,” she says matter-of-factly when asked what she considers the principal goals of the world’s largest philanthropy, which she runs with her husband. “And, of course, disease.”

Melinda on quitting her job and starting a family: Yet, after marrying the boss—yes, that boss, Bill Gates—in 1994 and giving birth to their first child two years later, she decided to leave the company. “Bill was shocked. He said, ‘But you love your job so much, how can you do that?,’ and I said, ‘Come on, Bill. I can’t work and have you with a full-time career and think this is a family.’

And the big one, Melinda on what the kids can't bring into the house:Still, being a Microsoft child does carry unusual burdens. “There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household,” Gates tells me. “But iPods and iPhones are two things we don’t get for our kids.”

It's actually quite an engaging read.

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