Bill Gates admits to having an affair with Microsoft staffer — which triggered an internal investigation



Bill Gates on Sunday admitted to having had an affair with a Microsoft engineer 20 years ago, according to a report from the New York Times, which reportedly prompted an internal investigation.

The outlet reported that the tech billionaire resigned before board members could force him out of the company.

He has claimed that his departure had nothing to do with the affair.

What are the details?

A spokesperson for Gates — who, along with estranged wife, Melinda Gates, announced the couple's intent to divorce earlier this month — told the outlet, "There was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended amicably."

The report alleged that Bill was known to "pursue" multiple women while married to Melinda.

The report, titled, "Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had a Reputation for Questionable Behavior," outlined Bill's purported propensity for soliciting dinner and meetings with Microsoft employees in whom he reportedly had more than just a passing professional interest.

The Times noted, "In 2019, Microsoft's board of directors, on which Mr. Gates sat, opened an investigation into one of those cases after being notified that he had 'sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000.'"

In response, the board hired a law firm to investigate the matter.

According to the report, Bill reportedly messaged a Microsoft employee in 2006 with a dinner invitation and wrote, "If this makes you uncomfortable, pretend it never happened." Bill was the company chairman at the time of the alleged 2006 incident.

A year or two later, Bill reportedly approached another employee and said, "I want to see you. Will you have dinner with me?"

The woman told the outlet that she "felt uncomfortable," but "laughed to avoid responding."

"On at least a few occasions, Mr. Gates pursued women who worked for him at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation," the outlet added.

"Six current and former employees of Microsoft, the foundation and the firm that manages the Gates's fortune said those incidents, and others more recently, at times created an uncomfortable workplace environment," the report continued. "Mr. Gates was known for making clumsy approaches to women in and out of the office. His behavior fueled widespread chatter among employees about his personal life."

While the employees said that Gates' behavior made employees uncomfortable, they did not believe it was "predatory" and added that the former Microsoft CEO "did not pressure the women to submit to his advances for the sake of their careers."

Melinda Gates reportedly furious over relationship between husband Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein



A new report states that Melinda Gates was very uncomfortable with a meeting that took place between her husband, Bill Gates, and late accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The meeting allegedly caused major problems between Bill and Melinda and purportedly damaged their relationship.

The Gateses announced their intent to divorce on social media this week.

What are the details?

According to a Thursday report from the Daily Beast, the couple met with Epstein in 2013 while in New York City.

Gates was still Microsoft's chairman at the time of the meeting.

Following the meeting, Melinda reportedly told her husband that she was furious at the relationship between him and Epstein and felt incredibly uncomfortable with the encounter.

"Gates' friendship with Epstein — who for years was accused of molesting scores of underage girls — still haunts Melinda, according to friends of the couple who spoke to The Daily Beast this week in light of the pair's divorce announcement, which had been weeks in the making," the outlet reported.

Bill reportedly also met with Epstein several times beginning in 2011 to solicit donations for a charitable fund — three years after the late accused pedophile pleaded guilty to soliciting a young girl. He also reportedly rode aboard Epstein's private jet during one occasion in 2013.

Bill has previously said that he never had any business relationships with the late billionaire financier and that he never had any private meetings with Epstein.

In 2019, Bill said, "I met [Epstein]. I didn't have any business relationship or friendship with him. I didn't go to New Mexico or Florida or Palm Beach or any of that. There were people around him who were saying, 'Hey, if you want to raise money for global health and get more philanthropy, he knows a lot of rich people.' Every meeting where I was with him were meetings with men. I was never at any parties or anything like that. He never donated any money to anything that I know about."

The outlet also noted that Boris Nikolic — Harvard Medical school grad and "former adviser to Gates" who was "mysteriously named a backup executor in Epstein's last will and testament" — reportedly acted as a go-between for Bill and Epstein.

The outlet reported that no spokesperson for either Bill or Melinda responded to requests for comments on the report. A spokesperson for Nikolic also did not respond to the outlet's request for a statement.