Microsoft grapples with fallout from Bill Gates affair in unprecedented break from its past
May 24, 2021 at 11:01 am
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire File Photo)
Since becoming CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella has championed a growth mindset, pushing the company to continually evolve and learn from others and its own past. Now, the person most associated with that past is putting that mindset to the test.
Bill Gates. (John Keatley Photo)
In an interview on CNBC on Friday morning, host Jon Fortt asked Nadella to address the issue of Bill Gates’ acknowledged 2000 affair with a Microsoft employee, one of numerous revelations that have emerged in the aftermath of the Microsoft co-founder’s split with Melinda Gates.
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