Back in the 1970s, Gates was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he and childhood friend Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. On the night of December 13, 1977, Albuquerque police booked Gates into jail, in the process producing the famed mugshot of a smiling, considerably younger Gates that continues to circulate around the internet to this day.
According to Ars Technica, the reason for Gates' arrest has been "lost to the sands of time." Buzzfeed, however, says that the future tech billionaire was picked up for driving without a license and failing to stop at a stop sign.
Regardless of the specifics, one thing that stands out is Gates' seeming indifference to his fate as he smiles at the camera.
In fact, the founder's mugshot may have wound up being an in-joke at Microsoft. Ars Technica pointed out that one graphic that appeared in Outlook 2010, intended to represent a silhouette of a person, bears an uncanny resemblance to the outline of Gates' mugshot.
