Microsoft held probe on founder Gates’ involvement with employee

Dow Jones earlier reported that Microsoft’s directors found Gates’ involvement with the female employee to be inappropriate

Founder of Microsoft Bill Gates with his then wife Melinda French Gates at Cambridge University, after being made an honorary Doctor of Law during a ceremony. Several reports, including those that emerged over the weekend, said she had raised concerns over his dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Microsoft 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 Mr Gates had stepped down before it was completed, Microsoft said.