Indra Nooyi is the current Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo. She was born in India and had a rebellious streak as a young girl. She earned an MBA from IIM Calcutta and has had a successful career in various companies including Motorola, ABB, and PepsiCo, where she was promoted to CFO and President before becoming CEO in 2006. She has received many honors and awards for her leadership and is considered one of the most powerful women in business.

1. INDRA
KRISHNAMURTHY
NOOYI
Business Executive,
the current Chairperson and
Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo

2. Childhood Of Indra Nooyi
• She was born as Indra Krishnamurthy on 28 October 1955,
in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India, into a conservative
middle-class family. Her father was a bank official.
• She was educated at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary
School. She studied physics, chemistry and mathematics from
Madras Christian College from where she graduated in 1974.
to She possessed a rebellious streak as a young girl, and was known
be “wild”. She played guitar in a band and was also a member of
an all-girls' cricket team—activities girls in her social strata rarely
participated in.
• A brilliant student, she earned a seat in one of India’s premier
institutions, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, from where
she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA), in
1976.

3. CAREER
• HerfirstjobwaswithTootal,aBritishtextilecompanywhichhadextensive
holdingsinIndia.EventuallyshemovedontoworkwithJohnson&
Johnsonasaproductmanager.
• HerjobwithJohnson&Johnsonwasquiteachallengingoneasshewasmade
responsibleformanagingtheintroductionofStayfreesanitarynapkinstoIndia.
Atthattimeadvertisingforfemininehygieneproductswasbannedinthecountry
andStayfreewasstrugglingtogainafoothold.Nooyimanagedtointroduce
theproductstoyoungwomenbydirectlymarketingtofemalestudentsatschools
andcolleges.

4. • Her experience at Johnson & Johnson made her realize that
she was still unprepared for the business world, and thus she decided
to pursue further education.
• She moved to the United States to join Yale School of Management in
1978 and pursued a master's degree in Public and Private Management.
• She thoroughly enjoyed her learning experience at Yale and graduated in
1980.
• After getting her degree, she joined the Boston Consulting Group as a
director of international corporate strategy projects.
• In this position, she worked on a variety of strategy projects for the next
six years
• In 1986, she moved to Motorola as a senior executive in the automotive
division development team. She quickly rose through the ranks and was
promoted to vice president and director of corporate strategy and planning
in 1988.

5. • She changed her job yet again in 1990, this time accepting the post of senior vice
president and director of corporate strategy and strategic marketing at Asea
Brown Boveri (ABB). This job required Nooyi to integrate a group of around 15
diverse businesses into a cohesive operation.
• She proved to be a great success at this job and by the mid-1990s, she was
aggressively being courted by corporate headhunters and offered lucrative
positions in some of the world’s largest companies. In 1994, Jack Welch, the head
of General Electric, and Wayne Calloway, PepsiCo CEO, both offered her jobs in
their respective companies.
• Indra Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 as senior vice president of corporate strategy
and development. Over the next couple of years, she worked closely with the
new CEO, Roger Enrico, and worked on shaping the company’s future expansion
and growth strategies.
• PepsiCo at that time owned KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant chains. Nooyi
played a pivotal part in getting these restaurants divested in 1997. The divesture
resulted in the creation of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., now renamed as Yum!
Brands, Inc., which is today one of the world's largest fast food restaurant
companies.

6. • Given the changing food preferences of the consumers, she felt that it was
important for PepsiCo to expand into more healthful snack options. In keeping up
with this belief, she led PepsiCo’s acquisition of Tropicana and the merger with
Quaker Oats Company. Both of these ventures proved to be highly profitable to
the company.
• In recognition of her impressive work with the company, Nooyi was promoted to
chief financial officer in 2000 and the president in 2001. In 2006, PepsiCo CEO
Steve Reinemund retired and Nooyi became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year
history.
• Indra Nooyi also serves as a member of the Foundation Board of the World
Economic Forum, International Rescue Committee, Catalyst, and the Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts.

7. Awards
and
Achievements

8. She has consistently ranked
on ‘Forbes’ magazine’s list of
The World's 100 Most Powerful
Women. ’Fortune’ magazine
named Indra Nooyi No.1
on its annual ranking of Most
Powerful Women in business
for five consecutive years from
2006 to 2010.

9. She was honored with the
Padma Bhushan by the
President of India in 2007.

10. She has been named 2009
CEO of the Year
by Global Supply Chain
Leaders Group.

11. Personal
Life

12. She is married to Raj Nooyi, a
management
consultant of Indian origin.
The couple has two
daughters.
In spite of her very hectic
corporate career,
Indra always prioritizes her
family and
maintains close relations
with her mother.

13. • PepsiCo is a Public Company.
• Its is an American multinational company of Beverage and food processing.
• Founded in 1898, 118 years ago, Caleb Bradham, Donald M Kendall and Herman
Lay.
• Head quarts is in New York, USA.
• Revenue is US$ 16.027 Billion
• Number of employees are 263000.

14. PRODUCTS