You Can't Save Kids Just With Vaccines.

The Biggest Pieces Of Work That We Do Are Vaccines, Because Those Save Lives, And Also Family Planning. Because If A Woman Can Space The Births Of Her Children, It Changes Everything For Her Health And Her Child's Health.

The Fact That 98 Percent Of Women In [the U.s.] Who Are Sexually Experienced Say They Use Birth Control Doesn't Make Sex Any Less Sacred. It Just Means That They're Getting To Make Choices About Their Lives.

We [with Bill Gates] Started To Make Decisions About What We'd Invest In. Then I Actually Started Traveling For The Foundation. I've Probably Been To India Now Eight Times At Least And Africa Numerous Times.

When I Studied Computer Science At Duke University In The First Half Of The 1980s, I Had Professors Who Treated Women Differently Than Men. I Kind Of Got Used To It. At Microsoft, I Had To Use My Elbows And Make Sure I Spoke Up At The Table, But It Was An Incredibly Meritocratic Place. Outside, In The Industry, I Would Feel The Sexism. I'd Walk Into A Room And Until I Proved My Worth, Everyone Would Assume That The Guy Presenting With Me Had Credibility And I Didn't.

I Went To Business School, And I Went Straight From That To A Nine-year Career At Microsoft. Eventually, I Ran A Big Chunk Of The Consumer Products Division For Microsoft.then I Left With The Birth Of Our First Daughter Because Bill And I Both Wanted To Have A Few Kids.