May 7, 2019

EP. 108 — How The Heck Do We Use Our Privilege For Good? with Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates is an American philanthropist, former general manager at Microsoft, and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charitable organization. She joins Jonathan to discuss her early days working at Microsoft & opening doors, the importance of using her privilege & wealth for good, uplifting women around the world, and more.

 

Find her work at https://www.evoke.org/?utm_source=MG_TW&utm_campaign=3519&linkId=64391693 She’s on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/melindafrenchgates and Twitter https://twitter.com/melindagates

Find Melinda’s new book The Moment of Lift here:

https://www.evoke.org/momentoflift

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Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Also Twitter and Facebook.

Catch Jonathan on Queer Eye streaming now on Netflix.

 

This episode is sponsored by PooPourri (www.poopourri.com/JVN), Crime Junkie Podcast, Molekule (www.molekule.com code: JVN), HelloFresh (www.hellofresh.com/jvn80 code: JVN80), and MeUndies (www.meundies.com/JVN).

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