Gates maintains her position as most powerful woman in philanthropy as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Founded in 2000, it's the world's largest private charitable foundation with a $40 billion trust endowment.
She's increasingly visible in shaping foundation strategy, solving tough global challenges from education and poverty to contraception and sanitation.
As part of the foundation's mission to help all people lead healthy, productive lives, she has devoted much of her work to women's and girls' rights
In her next chapter, Gates' mission is to close the funding gap for female founders, through her investment and incubation company, Pivotal Ventures.
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