Microsoft Executives Told Bill Gates to Stop Emailing a Female Staffer Years Ago - The Wall Street Journal

engineer reporting an affair with Bill Gates that preceded his exit from the board wasn’t the first time some Microsoft directors encountered the billionaire’s inappropriate behavior with female employees.

Gates and a midlevel female employee at the company while Mr.

Gates was still an employee at Microsoft and chairman of the board, according to people familiar with the matter.

Gates was flirtatious and propositioned the female employee, the people said.