Melinda French Gates Turns the Page | The Circuit

Emily Chang meets Melinda French Gates in Seattle to discuss how she’s navigating her next chapter as a philanthropic powerhouse. They visit the neighborhood where she bought her first home as a young Microsoft employee and then travel to Pivotal Ventures, French Gates’s philanthropic venture firm, to discuss her personal and professional transitions. 00:00 - Melinda Gates Intro 01:33 - Early Life 02:51 - Melinda’s Microsoft Career 04:30 - Marriage to Bill Gates 06:22 - Life After Microsoft 07:37 - Philanthropy 08:32 - Divorce from Bill Gates 10:06 - Pivotal Ventures 15:42 - Challenges Today 17:06 - The Problem with Elon Musk 18:28 - Creating Equity and Diversity in Tech Hosted by high-profile journalist Emily Chang, The Circuit is a fast-paced, dynamic series that lives at the intersection of culture, tech, entertainment, and business. Every week, Chang will go on location to meet the world’s most fascinating founders, influencers, and innovators, conducting intimate interviews and bringing audiences behind the scenes of the most impactful stories, launches, and trends. Watch more episodes of The Circuit with Emily Chang:    • The Circuit with Emily Chang   #MelindaGates #Microsoft #Philanthropy -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_... Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months: https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptio... Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you've known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg News for global news and insight in an instant.