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When I ask whether there is a formal division of labor between the two, Bill demurs. "It's like saying, Who is raising our children?" After Bill speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, they spend an hour dissecting the politics and personalities. When Melinda goes to Africa, she calls Bill to share her stories...
...health ("I suspect Bill Gates knows more about the molecular biology of mosquitoes than 95% of the doctors in the world," says Kim). And both use the language of business to describe the human experience. "There is no better return on investment than saving the life of a newborn," Melinda told reporters at a November press conference...
...Melinda is in the foundation office about two days a month. Bill is still busy being chairman of Microsoft, but they are both in regular contact with the staff, and they each spend about 15 hours a week on foundation business...
...headquarters in Seattle, the staff has deliberately developed a culture of self-criticism--or "friction," as they call it. The main sources are Bill and Melinda. "We'll have friction here until the day those two die," says COO Mathews. Presenting to them, says Greg Shaw, director of the Pacific Northwest program, is like arguing in front of the Supreme Court. "They really go after where you feel most vulnerable...
...that Gates was considered a philanthropic deadbeat just over a decade ago. By 1992 he had given away more than $21 million, mostly to local charities and schools. But since he was worth $8 billion, the local papers were not impressed. Even his parents were concerned. Before Bill and Melinda were married in 1994, Mary Gates, his mother, gave a letter to Melinda in which she stressed the great opportunities the two would have, as well as the responsibilities. "From those to whom much is given, much is expected," she wrote...