When Melinda French Gates called Microsoft a ‘little company’ that she has been … – The Times of India

Bill Gates’ ex-wife Melinda French Gates once called Microsoft a ‘little company’. During an interview with LinkedIn in March 2025, French Gates shared that during internship at IBM, her hiring manager offered a job offer, but she had already interviewed at Microsoft. “My hiring manager at IBM, a female, said to me, ‘Okay, are you ready to accept the job offer?’ And I said, ‘Well, I have one more company to go interview—this little company, Microsoft. It was tiny,” French Gates said during the interview. “And she said, ‘If they give you an offer, you should take it’,” Gates recalled adding “And it dumbfounded me”. Melinda French Gates eventually joined Microsoft and went on to work at the company for nine years. During her time there, she played a key role in the company’s growth and rose to the position of general manager of information products. Her career at Microsoft also contributed significantly to her personal wealth. With an estimated net…