Bill Gates investigated for office romance with employee

Tech giant Microsoft says it 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. Microsoft said it had received a concern in the latter half of 2019 that Gates 'had sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee in the year 2000,' a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement. 'A committee of the Board reviewed the concern, aided by an outside law firm to conduct a thorough investigation. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided extensive support to the employee who raised the concern,' the statement said."