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A widely-circulated international newspaper has claimed that Microsoft founder Bill Gates had an extramarital affair.
According to the latest report from The Wall Street Journal, Bill Gates had an extramarital affair with a woman employee of his company for years. He had to resign from the Microsoft Board of Directors after a probe into the allegations.
The members of the Board of Directors had given the verdict in the year 2000 that Gates should resign. The media report stated that the woman had admitted during the probe that Gates had an affair with her for years.
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On the other hand, a Microsoft spokesperson has said the incidents that took place in the year 2000 came to the fore in 2019. He said that a committee of the Board of Directors looked into these 20 years old incidents and the affair ended amicably.
According to the spokesperson for Gates, he left Microsoft to focus on public welfare projects. This is worth mentioning here that Gates and Melinda had announced their divorce from each other on 3rd May this year.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in his first appearance after announcing divorce with wife Melinda earlier this month, featured on an Instagram story of his daughter Jennifer.