Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

How was Pivotal Ventures Investing Director Erin Moore's first experience meeting Melinda Gates?

23 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, Erin Moore, Investing Director at Pivotal Ventures, recounts her first face‑to‑face encounter with Melinda French Gates at Pivotal Ventures’ Washington, DC office. She describes the moment the elevator doors opened, Melinda’s warm greeting, and the immediate positive atmosphere among the team. Moore highlights Melinda’s reputation as a phenomenal leader, philanthropist, and investor, emphasizing how Melinda leverages her voice and capital to advance equity and empower women. Moore expresses admiration for Melinda’s active commitment to driving real change for women’s power and equity.

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I would love to hear the story of the first time that you met Melinda French Gates. I would love to hear that story. Oh, wow. Well, it's interesting. When did I first meet Melinda? She had stopped by our office here in Washington, DC. This was the first time I met her face to face. And it was so fun because we were all kind of awaiting her arrival that day. And as soon as the elevator opened, she said, oh, hi, I'm Melinda. And we were all like, hi. And so we just had a very nice— Chad, and, you know, she is a phenomenal leader, philanthropist, investor. And it's just, again, she sets the tone. Having someone like her in the seat that she's in, using her voice and her capital of all forms to drive real change and greater equity and more power for women is tremendous. She could be doing a lot of things, and the fact that she's doing this is so powerful. Yeah, she is definitely someone that I look up to as well.