=+3. The following facts relate to Sir Alan Sugar, founder of Amstrad, and one of Britain’s richest businessmen.

1947 Born Hackney, East London 1963 Left school 1966 Began selling car aerials from a van 1968 Founded Amstrad to sell plastic covers for record players. Involvement in televisions, video receivers and CB radio led to 1985 Launch of a low-cost word-processor and compact disc player 1986 Acquisition of the intellectual property rights of Sinclair computers from Clive Sinclair and launch of an IBM-compatible microcomputer