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Known for having created and founded, together with Paul Allen, the company Microsoft, for decades the philanthropist has forged the public image of a pleasant nerd, unlike Elon Musk, of Tesla, and Jack Dorsey, of Twitter. However, today Bill Gates' irresponsible behavior is exposed. According to Business Insider , Gates continued to cultivate this persona by pledging to give away half of his wealth through The Giving Pledge and investing heavily in healthcare and addressing the climate crisis through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , as his money multiplied. However, new reports about the technology company founder in the wake of his impending divorce from his wife of 27 years offer a less flattering image of the man. Reports from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal indicate that Gates sometimes treated the workplace as a hookup spot, making advances toward women who worked for him.
Irresponsible behavior of Bill Gates Several employees told The Times that he had "awkward" and "questionable" behavior in the workplace. They also said he could be "dismissive" toward his wife and Ecuador Mobile Number List excessively "domineering" at Gates Foundation meetings, even though the organization was working on several women's empowerment initiatives. An “uncomfortable” workplace: Bill Gates' irresponsible behavior The idea that Gates viewed the workplace as a dating site might not be a surprise, given the origins of his marriage. Gates met and began dating Melinda French in 1987, after she accepted a job as a marketing director at Microsoft. They met at a work dinner at a conference, and Gates was smitten. He used contacts his mother had at Duke University (French's alma mater) to investigate French's background, and after she repeatedly rejected him, he finally went on a date. She left the company in 1996, two years after getting married, to dedicate herself to raising a family. irresponsible behavior of Bill Gates For years, their origin story has been presented as a reunion, despite the unequal power dynamic.
But that was before the latest reports. Gates in the crosshairs: investigating the philanthropist The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft's board of directors hired a law firm to investigate Gates in 2019 over claims that he began an affair with a company employee in 2000, just six years after their wedding. Unidentified sources told the Journal that the woman in question was an engineer who worked at the company. She is said to have alleged in a letter that she had an affair with Gates for years. The company confirmed the investigation, while a representative for Gates acknowledged the affair. Microsoft had a concern in the latter half of 2019 that Bill Gates attempted to start an intimate relationship with a company employee in 2000. A committee of the Board of Directors reviewed this concern, with the assistance of an outside law firm to conduct a thorough investigation. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided extensive support to the employee who raised the concern Microsoft representative. Likewise, a representative for Gates told The Journal that Gates' departure from the board of directors in 2020 had nothing to do with the investigation.