Philanthropist and businesswoman Melinda French Gates' investment and incubation company, Pivotal Ventures, hired Jillian Diamant as its first-ever general counsel. Diamant joins Seattle ...

Melinda French Gates, American philanthropist and ex-wife of tech mogul Bill Gates, has pledged $1 billion through 2026 to advance the global power of women via her Pivotal Ventures Foundation.

Pivotal Ventures, which she started in 2015. The foundation changed its name from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after her departure. At an ELLE Women of Impact event in New York in April ...