Microsoft Corporation says it conducted an investigation into an alleged affair between Bill Gates, its co-founder, and an employee of the company.
The company said in 2019 it received information of Gates’
involvement with the employee which commenced over two decades ago.
It said Gates was about to commence a romantic relationship
with the employee when the company’s board launched a “thorough investigation”
into the allegation.
In a statement, Microsoft said an external law firm was
engaged to probe the allegation but the investigation was not completed because
Gates had stepped down during the period.
“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,” the statement said.
“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.”
In reaction, a spokesperson for Gates said the co-founder’s
decision to leave the board had nothing to do with the romantic involvement
with an employee.
“There was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended
amicably,” she said.
The spokesperson added that Gates’ “decision to transition
off the board was in no way related to this matter”.
This revelation became public days after Gates and Melinda,
his wife, announced their divorce after 27 years together as a couple.
According to some media reports, the split may not be
unconnected with Gates’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein who pleaded guilty to
sex trafficking case in 2008.
Epstein had committed suicide in prison two months before
his trial on federal charges related to sex trafficking.
In October 2019, the New York Times reported that Gates met
with Epstein several times, and once stayed at his New York townhouse.
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