India, Oct. 25 -- In a remarkable twist of fate, Satya Nadella, one of the most influential figures in global technology, once made a deeply personal decision that shaped his future and that of his family. In 1994, Nadella gave up his US Green Card to obtain an H-1B visa, a move that allowed his wife, Anupama, to join him in the United States. At that time, spouses of Green Card holders were not permitted to enter the country on dependent visas.

Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Satya Nadella studied Electrical Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology before pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He later earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, buil...