Melinda Gates

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Pivotal Ventures LLC

Net worth: 1 603 M $ as of 30/12/2025

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Melinda French Gates is the founder of Pivotal Ventures LLC (founded in 2015) and Maverick Collective (founded in 2013).
She is also the founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (founded in 2000) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (founded in 2000).
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, she held the title of Co-Chair & Trustee from 2000 to 2024.
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she held the title of Co-Chairman-Trustees Board from 2000 to 2024.
Ms. Gates's former job includes being the Co-Chairman & Trustee at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust from 2010 to 2024.
She also worked as a Director at drugstore.com, Inc. Additionally, she served as the General Manager at Microsoft Corp.
from 1987 to 1995.
Ms. Gates completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University in 1986 and obtained an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business in 1987.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
Canadian National Railway Co. Canadian National Railway Co. RailroadsTransportation Provides railroad transportation services 2.62%	30/09/2024	16,145,309 ( 2.62% )	1 596 M $	30/12/2025
AutoNation, Inc. AutoNation, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Retails and distributes automobiles 0.08%	30/12/2024	30,000 ( 0.08% )	6 M $	30/12/2025
Waste Management, Inc. Waste Management, Inc. Environmental ServicesIndustrial Services Operates as a holding company which provides waste management services 0%	17/03/2025	3,810 ( 0% )	837 095 $	30/12/2025

Latest news about Melinda Gates

08/05/25	Bill Gates pledges to give away $200 billion by 2045	RE
27/12/24	Trump says Microsoft's Bill Gates has asked to visit him in Florida	RE
26/09/24	OpenAI key personnel changes	RE
10/06/24	OpenAI hires former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar as first CFO	RE
13/05/24	Melinda Gates to step down as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	RE

Melinda Gates active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Pivotal Ventures LLC Pivotal Ventures LLC Pivotal Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in a broad range of sectors. It participates in early-stage transactions.	Founder	31/12/2014

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Former positions of Melinda Gates

Companies	Position	End
Gates Foundation Trust Gates Foundation Trust Financial ConglomeratesFinance Foundation	Chairman	06/06/2024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Foundation Trust-IM holds the endowment, including the annual installments of Warren Buffett’s gift, and funds the foundation. Bill and Melinda are the trustees for the Foundation Trust, and the endowment is managed, as it has been for almost three decades, by a team of outside investment managers. The Trust invests in undistributed assets, with the exclusive goal of maximizing the return on investment. Investments include companies that have been criticized for worsening poverty in the same developing countries where the foundation is attempting to relieve poverty. The majority of the trust's assets are invested in government and corporate bonds, with additional holdings in commercial paper and other short-term debt securities. The trust engages in substantial foreign currency transactions, options and futures trading and lending out of securities.	Founder	06/06/2024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Operates as a non profit organization	Founder	06/06/2024
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/1995
Maverick Collective	Founder	-

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Private companies	9
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Develops, manufactures and distributes software products
drugstore.com, Inc. drugstore.com, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates an online drugstore which offers health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy products	Technology Services
Gates Foundation Trust Gates Foundation Trust Financial ConglomeratesFinance Foundation	Finance
Duke University Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business Functions as a College/University
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Foundation Trust-IM holds the endowment, including the annual installments of Warren Buffett’s gift, and funds the foundation. Bill and Melinda are the trustees for the Foundation Trust, and the endowment is managed, as it has been for almost three decades, by a team of outside investment managers. The Trust invests in undistributed assets, with the exclusive goal of maximizing the return on investment. Investments include companies that have been criticized for worsening poverty in the same developing countries where the foundation is attempting to relieve poverty. The majority of the trust's assets are invested in government and corporate bonds, with additional holdings in commercial paper and other short-term debt securities. The trust engages in substantial foreign currency transactions, options and futures trading and lending out of securities.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Operates as a non profit organization
Pivotal Ventures LLC Pivotal Ventures LLC Pivotal Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in a broad range of sectors. It participates in early-stage transactions.
Maverick Collective