10th form "Bill Gates" Reading / Grammar

1. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955. He is one of the world's ______ people and perhaps the most successful businessman ever.

2. He co-founded the software giant Microsoft and ______ it into the world's largest software company.

3. He is the best-known enterpreneur of the PC revolution. He has also written two bwst-selling books and started his own ______ with his wife.

4. Gates _____ electronics from a young age. In 1975 he read about a small technology company.

5. He contacted them to see if they were interested in a computer programmehe _____.

6. This led to the creation of Microsoft. Gates later ______ a deal with IBM that put Microsoft's Windows on IBM computers.This deal made Microsoft a major in the IT industry.

7. Gates was in charge at Microsoft from 1975 until 2006. He was an active software _____ at the beginning.

8. He had a vision that computers _____ everyone's life.

9. He helped this vision come true and developed many products _____ are now part of modern life.

10. His management style had been studied and copied around the world. Gates now spends his time with his wife, Melinda, _____ on their charitable foundation. They provide funds for global problems.