Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, Melinda Gates has dedicated her life to achieving transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families, communities, and societies. Core to her work is empowering women and girls to help them realize their full potential. In 2015, Melinda created Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company that enables her to bring together other new and emerging strands of her advocacy and philanthropic work focused in the US. Melinda received a bachelor's degree from Duke and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School. After joining Microsoft Corp. in 1987, she helped develop many of the company's multimedia products. In 1996, Melinda left Microsoft to focus on her philanthropic work and family.
"An inspirational look at the need to empower women to make
change in the world." --The Washington Post
"[The Moment of Lift] is a moral appeal, imploring each of us
who reads it to look around -- at our own families, our own
workplaces, our own place in a gigantic, but highly connected,
world -- and get to work making it more equal." - Chicago
Tribune
"Drawing on her vast experiences meeting women in far-flung corners
of the developing world, Gates' book is a heartfelt memoir about
stepping out of her comfort zone, as well as a manifesto of sorts
about the transformative power of broadening women's rights." --
Jessica Zack, San Francisco Chronicle
"At a time when beneficial globalization is being threatened by nationalism, and women's rights are in danger of being rolled back to nineteenth-century norms, Gates offers urgent reminders of why it's necessary to help women everywhere achieve their full potential." -- Booklist, starred review
"Part memoir, part call to action, Gates's compassionate
narrative underscores her determination to leave a positive mark on
this world. She inspires and emboldens in this eloquently argued
work." -- Publishers Weekly
"This book is a beautiful and concise mission statement on what we
need to do to move society forward--continue to empower women. At
every level and in all places women are truly the bedrock
supporting their communities." -- Trevor Noah
"Melinda Gates uplifts and inspires by weaving a narrative of fortitude and hope. She pushes us to challenge the status quo and never settle." -- Mellody Hobson
"The Moment of Lift is a book about gender equity and its golden thread is empathy. This book lifts up the voices of women and girls whose experiences have been entirely unlike Melinda's own. They've taught her a great deal, and in this beautifully crafted and artful memoir, Melinda Gates invites the reader to learn from them too." -- Paul Farmer, M.D., co-founder of Partners In Health
"I think this is one of the best books I've ever read." -- Warren Buffett
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