The Brief
- Melinda French Gates says she is doubling down on Seattle through investments in community projects and the Seattle Kraken.
- Through her social impact company Pivotal, French Gates has committed billions toward expanding women’s power, influence and health.
- Her latest focus includes $215 million for perimenopause and midlife care, shaped partly by her own experience seeking treatment.
SEATTLE – Melinda French Gates is used to making headlines, and now she is writing her own.
Sitting down with FOX 13 anchor Sabirah Rayford for the Emmy-nominated series For the Girls: Women on the Rise, the billionaire philanthropist reflected on her monumental personal evolution, massive investments in women’s power and influence, and why she is choosing to double down on Seattle.
“It is a beautiful city, my gosh, to have the mountains and the ocean and lakes,” French Gates said. “We are so lucky.”…