Melinda Gates, Wife of Bill Gates

They say that behind the success of every great and successful man is a supporting and caring partner to guide him along that way. This is the truth with Melinda as she is the supporting force behind Bill Gates, who has a net worth of an overpowering amount of $105.6 billion. She was the former General Manager of Microsoft. Reports say that with her husband, they co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the world’s largest private charitable organization as of 2015. She consistently made The World’s Most Powerful Women list by Forbes.

We have to give Melinda a lot of credit because aside from being Bill’s wife, she is one powerful woman on her own. However, together with Bill, they achieved greater things. The power couple has received numerous recognitions and awards, including the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged by the Jefferson Awards. They were also named Persons of the Year by Time Magazine in December 2005. These two gave the word ‘power couple’ an entirely different meaning.