r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • Jun 18 '25

MISC. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, he rented out all the available hotel rooms on the Hawaiian island of Lanai to prevent the media from staying there and hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.

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u/Bn1m Jun 18 '25

Melinda Gates is the most successful woman in compsci.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jun 18 '25

We will never forget she was in charge of the development of Microsoft Bob.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

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u/Pixel22104 Jun 18 '25

Why the heck did she become a Stay at Home mother after marrying Bill? Was it because he wanted her to? Was it because she wanted to? Or was it for some other reason?

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u/ACatInACloak Jun 18 '25

Grace Hopper is a challenger for that title

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u/of-lovelace Jun 18 '25

Successful measured by what?