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Melinda French Gates

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
523 total appearances

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

I can't think of a recent time where we've been in a hotel room doing that.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

But I will say that I have it with my daughters.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

So I have two adult daughters now, 29 and 23.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And as they were coming up, you know, I would go in their bathroom in the mornings when they're getting ready and sometimes just sit there while they're getting ready.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And a lot of times they would come in my bathroom.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And, of course, girls borrow things.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

My sister and I borrowed things from each other, makeup, et cetera.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

But I also miss โ€“ so I've had that tradition also with my own girls.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And when we're back together in a hotel room, the three of us, we get together.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

We get together and, you know, talk and get ready to go out.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And, oh, do these shoes work?

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

I would say working at Microsoft in the early years.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

I worked there for nine years.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

I was a computer science undergraduate, went straight to business school, and then boom, straight to Microsoft.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And I was quite young when I started.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

There were very few women in tech.

Wild Card with Rachel Martin
Melinda French Gates

And because I had this computer science background and this business background, it was a natural fit.