(Photo : Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 11: Billionaire Bill Gates, chairman and founder of Microsoft Corp., and his wife Melinda attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2015 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Many of the worlds wealthiest and most powerful business people from media, finance, and technology attend the annual week-long conference which is in its 33rd year.
While Bill Gates and Paul Allen were the main proponents and founders of one of the largest software companies in the world, it was also known that Melinda French-Gates has also worked in the company. Her position here was a former general manager in the starting company, working alongside her future husband whom she married in 1994.