William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born on October 28, 1955. He is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people and the wealthiest overall in year 2009. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
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1. When was Bill Gates born?
2. What position held by him when he was in Microsoft?
3. When did he step down as the CEO of Microsoft?
4. What do you understand with the sentence; “He has authored or co-authored several books."
5. Which sentence describes that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world in year 2009?
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