Bill Gates was reportedly chided for extramarital messages over a decade ago

By Luke Gentile

Published October 18, 2021 4:54pm ET

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Bill Gates, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, was instructed by two of the company’s top officials over a decade ago to cease sending flirty emails to an employee he had previously propositioned while married to his ex-wife Melinda Gates, according to a report.

The business magnate sent the emails to a female midlevel employee at Microsoft, the report said.

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