In what city was Bill Gates arrested in 1977 after traffic violations?

Bill Gates was arrested in Albuquerque in 1977 after traffic violations.

The arrest occurred during Microsoft’s early period, when Gates and Paul Allen were developing and selling software for the emerging personal-computer market. Gates was 21 years old at the time, and Microsoft was still closely associated with Albuquerque because its first major customer, MITS, was based there.

The incident is often mentioned in biographies as an early, colorful detail from Gates’s life. It is sometimes confused with later stories about Microsoft’s rapid growth in Seattle, but the 1977 arrest took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gates later returned to Albuquerque for Microsoft-related work before the company moved its headquarters to the Seattle area.

The episode predates Microsoft’s public offering and Gates’s later prominence as a technology executive and philanthropist.