Bill Gates was accused of “soliciting” a female employee a few years ago, many people did not stop

Doubts surrounding Bill Gates and his wife’s divorce have been a topic of media attention for many months.

Doubts surrounding Bill Gates and his wife’s divorce have been a topic of media attention for many months. Recently, the Wall Street Journal continued to reveal another shocking information: For more than 10 years before leaving the board of Microsoft, former CEO Bill Gates was once warned by two company executives about his actions. “inappropriate” email between him and another woman.

According to the WSJ, while still serving as Microsoft’s chairman of the board, Gates exchanged “flirting” emails and solicited a female employee. Gates was then married. When confronted by the two executives, Gates is said to have not denied the exchange and said he would stop the action. The executives informed several members of Microsoft’s board of directors. However, considering that the case had not gone too far, the board decided that no further action was needed.

According to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the Journal’s information was completely accurate, but did not comment further. In addition, Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of communications, revealed to the WSJ that the above email exchange happened in 2007 and was discovered by the company a year later. Shaw added that employees did not complain about the incident. He described the emails as “courteous” but “not overly sexual” and said Gates discussed meeting the employee outside of business hours.

However, when responding to The Verge’s request for comment, a spokesman for Bill Gates expressed a rebuttal attitude: “The above statements are just false rumors, shuffled from unreliable sources. , some cases have been manipulated or aimed at profiteering”.

In 2019, several Microsoft board members asked Bill Gates to resign as an investigation into an affair with an employee was underway. Finally, in March 2020, before the investigation was complete, Gates officially resigned from the board. Reportedly, in a letter to the Microsoft board of directors, the female employee revealed that she had a long-term love relationship with Gates.

Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda French Gates, completed the divorce procedure in August, ending more than 27 years of marriage.

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