Melinda French Gates Young

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Picture this: Dallas, Texas, in the 1960s. A little girl named Melinda Ann French is born to an engineer dad and a stay-at-home mom. Pretty normal, right?

But here’s the kicker: she was a nerd from the start. Not the embarrassing kind, either. The kind who loved math and science like they were candy.

She went to a Catholic school, wore a uniform, and crushed her classes. Her parents let her choose her path, which was rare back then. What did she pick? Computers. In the 1970s. When they took up entire rooms.

Now, imagine telling your friends, “I’m going to study computer science.” At a time when most people didn’t even own a calculator. Her friends probably thought she was nuts. But she didn’t care.

The Duke Years and a Small Leap

Melinda went to Duke University. Duke. Not exactly a community college. She earned a degree in computer science and economics—in five years. And she didn’t stop there.

She got an MBA from Duke’s business school, too. Because why not? When you’re overachieving, you go all in. She was the only woman in a bunch of her classes. Talk about standing out.

After graduation, she did what any brilliant young woman would do: she took a job at Microsoft. Yes, that Microsoft. In 1987. When the company was still a bunch of guys in flannel shirts yelling about code.

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