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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates quits board over investigation of 'romantic relationship' with employee

The Free Press Journal | 18/05/2021 09:05 AM | Click to read full article

Some of the employees say they didn’t see Gates’ behaviour as predatory, noting that he didn’t pressure the women to submit to his advances. It’s unclear how much Melinda knew about her husband’s office behaviour. But Bill Gates’ past is surely catching up with him.

The Microsoft co-founder felt obliged to step down from the company board in 2020 because he was being investigated for a two-decade-old romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate.

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