23 June 2008 12:47 PM
Tags: bill gates, photos, microsoft, biography, steve ballmer
Not an auspicious start for a young William Gates who was caught speeding in Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 1977 during the early days of Microsoft.
Little did anyone know that this young man would become the richest man in the world, possibly the most famous name technology has ever produced and founder of a company which became one of the biggest on earth.
Photo credit: The Smoking Gun
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