Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has resigned while facing assault charges.
He is accused of grabbing a woman’s throat and doing “doughnuts” in his car after she turned down his advances.
He once reduced his own pay to $70,000 in order to raise the minimum wage at his company.
The money, according to the tech CEO, will help fund a campaign to raise the minimum wage.
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has amassed a cult following on social media, with nearly 800,000 LinkedIn followers.
His posts criticising corporate leaders while advocating for better employee pay and benefits go viral on a regular basis.
Price has faced legal scrutiny as well as allegations of misconduct in his personal life over the years.
His ex-wife claimed he physically assaulted her in a TEDx talk in 2015.