INDRA NOOYI

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Name: Indra Nooyi


Date of Birth: October 28,1955


Education: Graduated from Madras Christian college, 1976


Finished MBA at Indian Institute of Management , 1978


Completed Masters of public and private Management from Yale university,1980


Currently: CEO, PepsiCo





Indra krishnamurthy Nooyi was born in Madras, India and is the current CEO of PepsiCo. The worlds fourth largest food and beverage company, makers of Frito -lay snacks, Pepsi beverages, Gatorade sports drink, Tropicana juices and Quark foods.She Worked at British textile company in India. Then she worked as a product manager for Johnson & Johnson in India. In 1978 she moved to United States to pursue her masters degree in management from Yale university. After graduating from the school she worked at Boston Consulting Group later she joined Motorola 1986. moved to Asea Brown Boveri, 1990; joined Pepsico as strategist, 1994; became CFO of Pepsico, 2000; became president of Pepsico, 2001. Nooyi has been steadily consolidating her power at PepsiCo, one of the largest companies in the world with $35 billion in annual revenue and a $105 billion market capitalization. Nooyi recommended spinning off Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, arguing PepsiCo couldn't bring enough value to the fast food industry. As a result, she played an inportant role in starting Tricon, currently known as Yum! Brands, the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with over 34,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. Among the restaurants Yum! houses are Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. (source: click here)


According to Forbes list of 100 most powerful women Indra nooyi ranks #3 just behind #2 Sheila c. Bair Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and #1 Angela merkel chancellor of Germany. (Source: Click here). Nooyi played a crucial role in expanding PepsiCo to international market especialy with the $1.4billion acquisition of 75% stake in russian juice giant Lebedyansky. Indra Nooyi tops the Forbes list of Americas Highest paid female CEO's taking home $12.7 million and this puts her on 139 out of 500 all chiefs. Her strong determination to take PepsiCo to new heights, her ability to think strategically has made her role model of many and she establishes herself as one of the most successful business leaders of 21st century.