Melinda Gates

Gebundenes Buch

The Moment of Lift

How Empowering Women Changes the World

Beschreibung

A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias.

Autor

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. For over 25 years, Melinda has led efforts to unlock a healthier, more prosperous, more equal future. Today, she heads Pivotal, an organization she formed in 2015 that works to accelerate the pace of progress and advance women's power and influence in the U.S. and around the world. Previously, she founded and co-chaired the Gates Foundation, where, for more than two decades, she set the direction and priorities of the world's largest philanthropy. Melinda is also the author of the bestselling book The Moment of Lift and the creator of Moment of Lift Books, an imprint publishing original nonfiction by visionaries working to unlock a more equal world. Melinda grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended Duke University, where she received a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She spent the first decade of her career developing multimedia products at Microsoft before leaving the company to focus on her family and philanthropic work. Melinda has three children-Jenn, Rory, and Phoebe-and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St Martins Pr
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 144mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781250313577
• ISBN-10: 1250313570
• Artikelnr.: 53303485