Microsoft conducted probe on Gates’s involvement with employee

Microsoft Corp conducted an investigation Bill Gates’s alleged affair with an employee almost two decades ago, though he stepped down before it was completed. — Reuters

Microsoft Corp conducted an investigation into co-founder Bill Gates’s involvement with an employee almost two decades ago after it was informed in 2019 of his attempt to start a romantic relationship with that person.

The board reviewed the matter and held a “thorough investigation” with the help of an external law firm, the software giant said. It didn’t reach a conclusion to the probe because Gates had stepped down before it was completed, Microsoft said.