Bill Gates’ affairs were an open secret and someone in Melinda’s inner circle hired a private investigator before she filed for divorce, report says

Bill Gates’ affairs were an open secret and someone in Melinda’s inner circle hired a private investigator before she filed for divorce, report says

Since announced they were last month, multiple reports have called into question the billionaire Microsoft founder's reputation as a nerdy do-gooder, with allegations that he engaged in inappropriate workplace relationships. A new report from , published Monday, suggested that Bill Gates affairs were known to people around him. People close to Gates told the magazine that his affairs weren't a secret to those around him. Two sources also told Vanity Fair that someone in French Gates' inner circle had worked with a private investigator leading up to the divorce. A spokesperson for French Gates told Vanity Fair: "Neither Melinda nor anyone at her direction ever hired a private investigator." Insider has contacted representatives of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates for comment. One former employee told Vanity Fair that there were signs of Bill's possible cheating in the way he swapped cars at the office. The source told the magazine that sometimes Gates would drive a Mercedes into work, only to drive off an hour later in a golden brown Porsche brought by his security personnel. "We all assumed that it was when he was with women," the employee told Vanity Fair. "I knew there were many offsite meetings that