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- Melinda French Gates ranks 10th on Forbes' The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.
- French Gates, worth $13.4 billion, co-founded the Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Foundation.
- She endorsed Kamala Harris for 2024, emphasizing the need for abortion rights advocacy.
Melinda French Gates is a renowned philanthropist, which has helped earn her the spot as the 10th most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes' The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.