CNBC top talent Hadley Gamble was ‘romantically linked to married Texas buyout tycoon’ 

CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble, who was revealed to have had an “improper relationship” with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell before being fired earlier this week, was also in a relationship with a married Texas stock mogul.

Shell left his role at the company after an investigation into his behavior was launched about a month ago, it was revealed on Sunday.

NBCUniversal didn’t say who filed the complaint, but media reports suggested it was filed by Gamble after an on-again, off-again relationship between the couple ended a few years ago.

At the time of her relationship with Shell, Gamble was also dating David Bonderman, the 80-year-old TPG chairman and billionaire co-owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken.

Their relationship came to light in a whistleblower complaint against Bonderman at TPG in 2015, which listed Gamble as a “female companion” who was often on the company’s private jet.

CNBC host Hadley Gamble (pictured left), who was revealed to have had an “improper relationship” with CEO Jeff Shell before being fired earlier this week, also dated married Texas equity mogul David Bonderman (pictured right)

“TPG founder David Bonderman is well known within the company for having steady female companions whom he distributes as gifts or otherwise benefits to whom he provides,” former TPG exec Adam Levine said in a complaint filed March 2. 2015 was filed with the SEC. according to the New York Post.

‘Mrs. Gamble, in particular, is known for regularly flying with him on TPG’s planes,” Levine said, adding that he believed Bonderman paid most, if not all, of Gamble’s and his other girlfriends’ living expenses.

Gambling was never the subject of Levine’s complaint, which accused TPG of violating securities laws. The company settled for $13 million in 2017 without admitting any wrongdoing.

The CNBC anchor’s attorney told the Post that “who a woman has or has not dated in the past is relevant to her sexual harassment and discrimination claims.”

It was revealed on Sunday that Shell resigned from his top position at the company after Gamble, 41, accused him of sexual harassment and an investigation into his conduct was launched.

Shell, who is married to Laura Fay Shell, has admitted to having an “inappropriate relationship” with an employee, which he says he “deeply regrets”.[s]’.

Gamble’s lawyers subsequently confirmed in a statement that she was the woman involved in an “improper relationship” with Shell.

Shell left his role at the company after an investigation into his behavior was launched about a month ago, it was revealed on Sunday

Top NBCUniversal executives were shocked by the revelation that the network’s married CEO Jeff Shell was involved in a sex scandal with CNBC host Hadley Gamble (pictured)

Out: NBC Universal chief exec Jeff Shell (pictured), who has been married for more than two decades, is said to have been dating newscaster Hadley Gamble for 11 years

“The investigation into Mr. Shell stemmed from a complaint from my client about sexual harassment and gender discrimination,” said Suzanne McKie, managing partner of Farore Law, a UK firm.

“Given these circumstances, it is very disappointing that my client’s name has been released and her privacy has been violated.”

The investigation into Shell’s behavior started a month ago, but insiders told Page Six that there was no affair surrounding the office and it was not clear how the two met.

Based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Gamble transitioned to the channel’s Middle East coverage in 2018 after it began broadcasting Capital Connection from its new studio in Abu Dhabi.

An insider speculated that they may have met at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a major event for CNBC. Shell reportedly attended the event at least once in 2013.

Another insider shocked by the news told Page Six that Shell didn’t look like someone who would be involved in a workplace scandal, saying: “He was always very respectful, and especially respectful of women.”

Dailymail.com has contacted NBCUniversal for comment.

Harvard- and Berkeley-educated Shell, 57, from Michigan, has been with Comcast for more than 20 years and joined the company from FOX.

Harvard and Berkeley-educated Shell, 57, from Michigan, has been with Comcast for more than 20 years and joined the company from FOX

Gamble was generally tight-lipped about her personal life, but said she would be open to a relationship with a companion who shared her values

Shell, who is married to Laura Fay Shell (left), admitted he had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with an employee, which he said he was ‘deeply sorry about'[s]’

He led international operations from London from 2011 to 2013 before becoming president of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment.

He took over as CEO in January 2020 and was responsible for overseeing a sprawling portfolio that spanned from news and entertainment TV networks to the movie studio to theme parks and other divisions.

As CEO of NBCUniversal, Shell was also tasked with moving the company more strongly into streaming.

He and his wife hosted a fundraising event at their $10 million Beverly Hills mansion for Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, according to Variety.

Shell is the second senior executive forced to leave NBCUniversal in recent years.

Gamble began her career at the Associated Press and Reuters, but got her break at ABC after an old boyfriend introduced her to a booker for Good Morning America, which in turn led to her landing a gig as a production assistant for the World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

Gamble is unmarried and generally tight-lipped about her love life.

During her CNBC Access segment, she often speaks with world political and business leaders, including Mike Pompeo, King Abudullah II of Jordan, and Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh el-Sisi.

In 2021, Gamble interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said she was too “beautiful” to understand a point he had made about energy.

After the interview, body language experts claimed that Gamble flirted with Putin as a distraction tactic.

Gamble made light of the situation by uploading a photo to Instagram in which she pointed to an article in the Russian publication Kommersant about the interview, captioned “my best angle” with a smiling emoji and #feminism tag.

CNBC’s Middle East anchor Hadley Gamble at the new Middle East Headquarters Abu Dhabi Global Market on April 15, 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble accused Jeff Shell of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in a complaint that led to his firing as CEO of NBCUniversal

During last year’s interview, she talked about her upbringing in the eastern mountains of Tennessee, where she started taking care of her father’s horses when she was 10 years old.

“I think shoveling manure probably gave me a whole different perspective on all the things we cover,” she said.

“This wasn’t the life I was prescribed,” she admits, adding that her family expected her to become a teacher, maybe go to law school, and get married.

“I really had to understand, you know, what money means to people and what a basic life is… I mean, no one has a harder life than a farmer who wakes up at five in the morning to make sure everything is is quiet. alive,” said Gamble, the daughter of a car dealer and teacher.

The high-flying news anchor grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of a car dealer and teacher, and attended Halls High School in the city.

She graduated from the University of Miami in 2003, where she was a member of the famous Delta Gamma sorority, which has a number of media personalities among its alumni.

She previously worked for ABC News and Fox News in Washington, DC, and also hosted CNBC’s Access show about the Middle East and Africa.