Microsoft confirms it investigated "intimate relationship" Gates had with employee
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Microsoft launched an internal investigation into its co-founder and long-time board member Bill Gates after an unnamed person brought forth allegations of Gates having an "intimate relationship with a company employee," the tech giant confirmed Monday.
The alleged incident happened more than 20 years ago, Microsoft said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch on Monday. The company said it hired an outside law firm in the second half of 2019 to conduct the investigation and "provided extensive support to the employee who raised the concern." In March 2020, Gates announced his departure from the company's governing board, saying he was stepping down to focus on his work at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Microsoft didn't release further details about the investigation in its statement and the company did not comment on what led to Gates' decision to leave the board.Five people boarded OceanGate's Titan submersible last summer to dive down to see the wreckage of the Titanic, but less than two hours later, the vessel imploded, killing all on board. Now, a billionaire from Ohio wants to make his own attempt – an idea he had just days after the Titan met its fatal end.
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