Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe was fired after a senior executive caught him with another employee in a Zurich hotel. The exec, said to be his mistress, filed a complaint through Nestlé's ethics hotline.

Ousted Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe's downfall began with an anonymous tip to an employee hotline about his alleged affair with a subordinate.

Chief executive dismissal for ‘undisclosed romantic relationship’ follows long-term struggles