Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn t appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed sources, The Journal reported online Sunday that board members looking into the matter hired a law firm in late 2019 to conduct an investigation after a Microsoft engineer alleged in a letter that she had a sexual relationship with Gates over several years. The Journal reported that Gates resigned before the board s investigation was finished, citing another person familiar with the matter.
Microsoft board wanted Bill Gates to resign amid alleged ‘affair’
By IANS| Posted by Mansoor | Updated: 17th May 2021 1:44 pm IST Bill Gates
San Francisco: Some of the Microsoft board members last year wanted Bill Gates to step down amid an internal investigation into his alleged affair with an employee, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Gates finally resigned from the Microsoft board in March 2020 before the investigation had been completed, the report said on Sunday.
“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,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to the WSJ.
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NEW YORK (AP) Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn t appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Citing unnamed sources, The Journal reported online Sunday that board members looking into the matter hired a law firm in late 2019 to conduct an investigation after a Microsoft engineer alleged in a letter that she had a sexual relationship with Gates over several years.
Updated: 10:10 AM CDT May 17, 2021 Associated Press Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn t appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Citing unnamed sources, The Journal reported online Sunday that board members looking into the matter hired a law firm in late 2019 to conduct an investigation after a Microsoft engineer alleged in a letter that she had a sexual relationship with Gates over several years.The Journal reported that Gates resigned before the board s investigation was finished, citing another person familiar with the matter.An unnamed spokeswoman for Gates acknowledged to The Journal that there was an affair almost 20 years ago, and that it ended amicably. The spokesperson told The Journal that his deci
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Mr Bill Gates left the Microsoft board before the probe was completed, Dow Jones reported.PHOTO: NYTIMES
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