Wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > on May 17, according to the New York Times, when < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%A2%85%E7%90%B3%E8%BE%BE "> Melinda < / a > · Frankie · < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%9B%96%E8%8C%A8 "> before Melinda French Gates decided to end her 27 year marriage to Bill Gates, who has been hailed as software pioneer, billionaire and philanthropist for many years. But in some circles, Gates also caused controversy over his improper behavior in the workplace. As the world's wealthiest couple split up, Gates' behavior has attracted new attention < p > < b > many "attempts" to cheat after marriage < / P > < p > gates and Melinda met at work. Strictly speaking, Gates is Melinda's boss. Gates ran Microsoft at the time, and Melinda began working as a product manager at Microsoft the year after she graduated from college in 1987. In their whole relationship and marriage, they both exaggerate the sweet side of office romance. According to Melinda, they would sit together at meetings and talk sweet, and go out on dates when they meet in the company parking lot < p > but people familiar with the matter said that long after their marriage, gates pursued at least a few women who worked for him at Microsoft and the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2006, for example, Gates attended a speech by a female Microsoft employee. Gates, then chairman of the company, left the meeting and immediately e-mailed the woman to invite her out for dinner, according to two people familiar with the matter. "If it makes you feel offended, pretend nothing happened," Gates is said to have written in an email People familiar with the matter said the woman was really upset and decided to pretend it never happened A few years later, gates went on a business trip to New York on behalf of the Gates Foundation, accompanied by a woman who worked for the foundation. At a cocktail party, gates stood with her and said in a low voice, "I want to see you. Would you like to have dinner with me?" The woman declined to be named because she did not want to draw public attention. She said she was uncomfortable at the time, but to avoid embarrassment, she just laughed < p > six current and former employees of the Microsoft Foundation and the company that manages gates wealth say these and other recent events sometimes create uncomfortable working environments. As we all know, Gates is always clumsy when dealing with women in and out of the office, and his behavior has aroused extensive discussion about his private life among employees < p > some employees said that although they did not approve of Gates' behavior, they did not think it was bullying. They said that Gates did not use his career as a threat to force them to submit to his courtship, and he seemed to feel that he had given them room to refuse. Even so, Gates' actions run counter to Melinda's agenda for women's empowerment on the global stage. For example, on October 2, 2019, Melinda said she would spend $1 billion to promote "the power and influence of American women." < p > Melinda wrote in the column announcing the commitment in time magazine: "although most women now work full-time (or more), we still shoulder most of the responsibilities of looking after children and the elderly; We face sexual harassment and discrimination everywhere; We are surrounded by prejudices and stereotypes that perpetuate harmful gender norms < p > according to people who attended the foundation meeting with Mr. and Mrs. gates, many foundation employees are afraid that gates may be dismissive of Melinda by ensuring that he is dominant in the foundation < p > < b > dissatisfied with the handling of sexual harassment charges against fund managers & nbsp < / P > < p > in 2018, Michael Larson, a longtime fund manager for gates, was involved in sexual harassment charges, according to people familiar with the matter. Over the past 30 years, Larson has made a huge return on the $174 billion portfolio of the gates and the foundation through a secret investment company called cascade investment. Cascade owns assets such as stocks, bonds, hotels and large tracts of farmland. It also invests the Gates' money in other investment vehicles. They include a venture capital firm called rally capital, which is in the same building as cascade in Cochrane, Washington < p > rally capital owns a majority stake in a nearby bicycle shop. In 2017, the woman running the bicycle shop hired a lawyer who wrote a letter to gates and Melinda. According to three people familiar with the matter, the lawyer said in the letter that Larson had been sexually harassing the manager of the bicycle shop. The woman tried to deal with the situation on her own, but failed, and asked the gates for help. If they can't solve the problem, she may take legal action, the letter said < p > people familiar with the matter said that the woman reached a settlement with Larsen in 2018 and signed a confidentiality agreement in exchange for compensation. Two of the people familiar with the matter said that while gates thought it was over, Melinda was not satisfied with the result. She asked a law firm to conduct an independent review of the woman's charges and cascade's corporate culture. During the investigation, Larsen was suspended, but he was eventually reinstated. It is not clear whether the investigation will prove Larsen innocent, but he is still the head of cascade < p > < b > is close relationship with sex offenders the fuse of divorce < / P > < p > about a year after the settlement, less than two weeks after Melinda wrote the time column, the New York Times published an article detailing gates and Geoffrey the sex offender_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%88%B1%E6%B3%BC%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6 "> relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Gates and Epstein met in 2011. Three years ago, Epstein, who was charged with sex trading, pleaded guilty to helping minors solicit prostitutes. Epstein committed suicide in federal custody in 2019 In the article, the New York Times said that gates and Epstein had spent time together on many occasions. Gates also took the latter's private plane and attended a late night party at his Manhattan townhouse. In 2011, gates e-mailed colleagues after meeting Epstein for the first time, saying: "his lifestyle is very different ?
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