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Bill Gates left Microsoft amidst an investigation of an alleged affair with employee: Report
Microsoft said in a statement that they received a concern in the latter half of 2019 about Bill Gates initiating an intimate relationship with an employee in 2000.
In the second half of 2019, Microsoft received a complaint regarding Co-founder Bill Gates alleging that he had initiated an intimate relationship with an employee of Microsoft nearly two decades ago. The company conducted a ‘thorough investigation’ by hiring an external law firm and the investigation never reached its conclusion as Bill Gates stepped down from the board before the committee of the board review reached its probe, Microsoft said. Bill and Melinda Gates have been currently going through a very public divorce after 27 years of marriage.
"Microsoft received a concern in the latter half of 2019 that Bill Gates sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000," Microsoft said in a statement. "A committee of the Board reviewed the concern, aided by an outside law firm, to conduct a thorough investigation. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided extensive support to the employee who raised the concern." The billionaire mentioned last year that he is stepping down from the board to be able to devote more time in philanthropy under Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which will be run by both the partner even after the separation.
A spokeswoman for Gates said that his decision to leave the board has nothing to do with an affair. “There was an affair 20 years ago which ended amicably,” said the spokeswoman further adding that the “decision to transit off the board was in no way related to this matter.” Melinda and Bill Gates released the report of their divorce via joint statement a few weeks ago as they planned to move separately into the next phase of their lives.
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