1. Narayana Murthy: Had a Dream, But No Money

The idea of Infosys was born on a morning in January 1981 when Narayana Murthy and six software engineers sat in his apartment debating how they could create a company to write software codes. Six months later, Infosys was registered as a private limited company which is today among the most innovative companies according to Forbes.

Most Decisive Moment: Murthy was employed by Patni Computer Systems before he started Infosys. After coming storming up on the idea, he took a decision which changed the Indian IT space. Since, he was broke, he asked his wife Sudha to sell off her jewelry. Murthy had a dream, and no money, so Sudha agreed and he got 10,000 from which was the initial capital for Infosys. The front room of Murthy's home became Infosys' first office, while co-founder Raghavan's home was the registered office. It was then known as Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.