Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates had a sexual relationship with a female staff member in 2000, reports claim. The computer whizz - who is amid divorce from wife Melinda Gates - reportedly quit his position on the Microsoft board after the woman he had an affair with penned a letter to the board of directors in 2019.
Reports claim that Bill, 65, stepped down while an investigation into the relationship was being investigated by the company board.
It is also alleged that the letter writer asked that Melinda read the letter. Wall Street Journal report that Bill's spokeswoman confirmed there had been an affair almost 20 years ago but added that the businessman's decision to leave Microsoft's board was not linked to it.
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