While Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy is focused on climate change, Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures eyes gender equality. : (Bloomberg) -- In her first public appearance since her divorce announcement, Melinda French Gates traveled to the White House, leaders from her charity and investment firm in tow. She pressed Biden officials on two issues central to her priorities: paid family leave and child care. The same day this month, Bill Gates appeared in a virtual address to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.