Bill Gates rose to become one of the most successful businessmen in the world as a co-founder of Microsoft, but had an affair with an employee while at the company.
The affair began in 2000, and the company’s board of directors became aware of it in 2019 when a Microsoft Engineer wrote a letter claiming that she and Gates had a sexual relationship.
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Microsoft speaker frank shaw issued a statement explaining the procedure followed after the matter became known.
“Microsoft received a concern about it in the second half of 2019 Bill Gates tried to establish an intimate relationship with an employee of the company in 2000″, show called.
“A committee of the board has reviewed the concerns, assisted by an outside law firm, to conduct a thorough investigation.
“Throughout the investigation Microsoft provided full support to the employee who raised the concern.”
Gates resigned from Microsoft‘s board in March 2020, but its spokeswoman, Bridget Arnoldissued a statement contradicting the claim that this was due to the investigation of the affair.
“Bill’s decision to resign from the board was unrelated to this matter,” Arnold called.
“In fact, he had expressed an interest in dedicating more time to his philanthropy, which had begun a few years earlier.”
It remains unclear what role the investigations and the affair played in his wife’s decision Melinda Gatesto divorce her husband in August 2021 after 27 years of marriage.
Gates was also the subject of a number of allegations that he stalked women who worked for him Microsoftas well as at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The New York Times reported two separate incidents when he was interviewing women who worked for him at both organizations, resulting in an uncomfortable work environment.
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