The beautiful , impertinent and , no doubt , fragrant Melinda Gates is the subject of a mahoosive profile in Fortune . And , aside from the philanthropic angle ( Bill and Melinda , it is estimated , will give aside around $ 100 billion from their eponymous foundation ) it give a fascinating perceptiveness into the home living of Mr. and Mrs. Gates — including the fact that the Apple II she inherit off her dad as a teenager was what got her concerned in computer scientific discipline . More choice nugget below .
• “ Yes , we ’re a couple that has playfulness discussing fertilizer while we take the air on the beach , ” says Bill , who says he ’s looking forward to haranguing pharmaceutical companies to do more for the spring up cosmos . “ Nobody give them a backbreaking time . That occupation is raw for me to do . ”
• Melinda ’s a better runner than her hubby and , as well as running the Seattle Marathon , has climbed 14,000 - foot Mount Rainier .
• Would Warren Buffett have present the Gates Foundation his fortune if Melinda had n’t been in complaint ? “ I ’m not certain , ” he replies .
• She reveals how Bill asked her out on a engagement after they ran into each other in the parking lot at Microsoft : “ We talked a while , and then he enunciate , ‘ Will you go out with me two week from Friday night ? ’ I enunciate , ‘ Two weeks from Friday ? That ’s not nearly spontaneous enough for me . I do n’t have it away . Call me up closer to the day . ' ”
• Chez Gates , Wednesday nighttime is family swimming Nox , Friday night is fellowship movie night .
• Bono describes Melinda as playing “ the straight mankind to his [ Bill ’s ] dark humour . ” Catch the full visibility over at Fortune . [ luck ]
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