i thought maybe i will quit and go summerall's. i can get a great job anywhere else.aybe there is something about me that doesn't fit. it took me a while to realize, no, it's this culture. i don't want to be like that. i tried on being myself. it ended up being successful. emily: you met bill at microsoft are you got married in 1994 p [soft at 9096 per you have become one of the world's most active and generous philanthropists. a core part of that work is a part of empowering women and girls. where there are people who helped shape your thinking on women's issues in particular? melinda: i have been lucky enough to travel for over 17 years in philanthropy. i travel all over the world. i'm in the developing world. i'm in asia. i'm in africa. who shaped my views where the women. -- were the women that i talked to on the ground. what i was hearing at the local village level, sitting in the dirt on a mat, was the same thing i was hearing and i would hear the news in the united states about ceo underrepresentation on boards, of women on boards, or women ceos. when i initial