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Bookshelf Famous Persons Bookshelf Silent Reading Text Understanding Cultural Tips and Hints Language Points Text Translation Exercises Silent Reading You are going to read a passage about the owner of “A” . What do you know about “A”? Text Understanding Read the title to understand the theme of the article. The passage is going to deal with____________. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Cultural Tips and Hints Jeff Bezos William H. Gates Mail–order Company Cultural Tips Hints Jeff Bezos ? Born: 12 January 1964 ? Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico ? Best Known As: CEO and founder of A Jeff Bezos is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of A, one of the pillars of Internet e-commerce. Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering. After a few years in New York as a financial analyst, Bezos moved to Seattle and founded A in 1994. Through innovation and sheer business savvy, Bezos built up A and became one of the worlds richest people in the process. Named Time magazines Man of the Year in 1999, Bezos became a celebrity entrepreneur, known for his buoyant personality as much as his financial know-how. With Bezos at the helm, A weathered financial ups and downs and expanded from selling books and CDs to a wide variety of consumer goods. In 2000 Bezos helped found Blue Origin, a side project whose goal is to build reusable rocket ships to encourage tourism in outer space. Cultural Tips Hints William H. Gates Chairman Microsoft Corporation William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$39.79 billion for the fiscal year ending Jun