Background information Famous people Background information Jo Pavey won a gold medal at the age of 40 in 2014 in the 10,000 m. She is the oldest female European champion in history. Walt Disney is the creator of Mickey Mouse and the winner of 22 Academy Awards. J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books and has sold more than 400 million books around the world. They have become the bestselling books in the world. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. He is one of the best known entrepreneurs in the world. He is worth an estimated US$81.8 billion. © Michael Steele/Getty Images © AF archive / Alamy Stock Photo © WENN Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo © Paolo Bona / Shutterstock

Additional information In the 2002 Commonwealth games Jo Pavey came 5th and in the 2012 European Championships she came 7th. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper and told that ‘he lacked imagination and had no good ideas’. J.K. Rowling sent her book to 12 publishers and it was rejected by them all. When it was finally accepted she was told not to give up her job as the book probably would not sell. While studying at university, he failed his exams. The first business Bill Gates started was a complete failure.