2. INDRA NOOYI
Leads the world’s largest convenient food
and beverage companies, that is PepsiCo.
The company’s products are sold in
approximately 200 countries, and it employs
more than 198,000 people worldwide.
In total, the PepsiCo portfolio includes 18
Brands that generate $1 billion or more each
in annual retail sales.
3. Born : 28 October 1955
(age 59)
Madras, Tamil Nadu,
India
Residence: Greenwich, Connecticut
Ethnicity: Indian Tamil
Religion: Hinduism
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo
Salary: $28.6 million (2014)
4. Early life and education
Schooling : At Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary
School in Madras.
Graduation : In Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from
Madras Christian College in 1974
Post Graduation : Diploma in Management from Indian Institute
of Management Calcutta in 1976.
Master's degree : In Public and Private Management from Yale
School of Management.
Career : Product manager at Johnson & Johnson and textile
firm Mettur Beardsell.
5. Joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001.
In 2006 she became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history.
According to BusinessWeek, since she started as CFO in 2000, the
company's annual revenues have risen 72%, while net profit more
than doubled, to $5.6 billion in 2006.
Directed the company's global strategy for more than a decade and
led PepsiCo's restructuring, including the 1997 divestiture of its
restaurants into Tricon, now known as Yum! Brands.
Took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998, and merger
with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo.
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7. Ranked fourth on the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 lists
of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine
Has been named number one on its annual ranking of Most Powerful
Women in business for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 by Fortune
magazine
In 2008, Nooyi was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News
& World Report.
Has been named CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group
in the year 2009.
In 2009, she was considered one of "The TopGun CEOs" by Brendan
Wood International, an advisory agency.
Was named to Institutional Investor's Best CEOs list in the All-America
Executive Team Survey in 2008 to 2011.