Microsoft Board Pushed Out Bill Gates Over Affair With Staffer (Report)
thewrap.comWall Street Journal. Gates, however, stepped down on his own accord before they were able to follow through with their plan.According to the WSJ, members of the Microsoft board launched an investigation in 2019 after receiving a letter from an employee saying that Gates sought to “initiate an intimate relationship” with her 19 years prior.
Some members were concerned about the relationship in the wake of the #MeToo movement and felt that it would not be appropriate for Gates to continue in a leadership role at Microsoft at a time when workplace harassment and misconduct was coming under unprecedented public scrutiny.Gates resigned from the company in March 2020 before the investigation was completed. “There was an affair almost 20 years ago.
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