Microsoft (MSFT.O) conducted a probe into co-founder Bill Gates' involvement with an employee almost 20 years ago after it was told in 2019 that he had tried to start a romantic relationship with the person, the company said on Monday. Microsoft said it had received a concern in the latter half of 2019 that Gates (pictured) "had sought to start an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000," a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided extensive support to the employee who raised the concern," the statement said. The Microsoft spokesman declined to comment on whether the board had decided Gates should go. In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, a spokesman for Gates said his decision to leave the board of Microsoft had nothing to do with his involvement with an employee.

Source: Standard Digital May 17, 2021 13:52 UTC