9th form Famous Inventors (Use of English)

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

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

3. He is the best-known enterpreneur of the PC ____.

4. He has also written two best-selling books and started his own ____ with his wife.

5. Gates was fascinated by ____ from a young age.

6. In 1975 he read about a small technology company. He contacted them to see if they were interestedin a computer ___ he had written.

7. This led to the ___ of Microsoft.

8. Gates later struck a deal with IBM that put Microsoft's Windows on IBM computers. This deal made Microsoft a major player in the IT ____.

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

10. He had a ____ that computers could change everyone's life.

11. He helped make this vision come true and developed many ______ that are now part of modern life.

12. His ____ style has been studied and copied aruond the world.