Global expertise large Microsoft has been in a scoop nowadays, due to talks about its co-founder Bill Gates sexual involvement with an employee 20 years in the past. Now the corporate has performed a probe after it was instructed in 2019 that he had tried to begin a romantic relationship with the individual, the corporate mentioned on Monday.
Microsoft mentioned it had obtained a priority within the latter half of 2019 that Gates “had sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000,” a Microsoft spokesman mentioned in a press release.
“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 assertion mentioned.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that Microsoft’s board had determined that Gates` involvement with the feminine employee was inappropriate and he wanted to step down in 2020, citing individuals acquainted with the matter.
The Microsoft spokesman declined to touch upon whether or not the board had determined Gates ought to go.
In a press release to the Wall Street Journal, a spokesman for Gates mentioned his determination to depart the board of Microsoft had nothing to do with his involvement with an employee.
“There was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended amicably. Bill`s decision to transition off the board was in no way related to this matter,” the assertion mentioned.
“In fact, he had expressed an interest in spending more time on his philanthropy starting several years earlier.”
A spokesman for the Gates Foundation instructed Reuters it stood by the assertion to the paper.
The billionaire, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and served as its CEO till 2000, mentioned in March 2020 that he was stepping down from the board to focus extra on philanthropy.
Gates and his spouse Melinda filed for divorce earlier this month after 27 years of marriage.
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