Jeff Raikes is the co-founder of the Raikes Foundation, which he and his wife, Tricia, established in 2002. He retired from his role as chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014, having guided the global organization through six years of significant growth. He came to the philanthropic world after a 27-year career at Microsoft Corporation.
Raikes joined Microsoft in 1981 as a product manager.