Indra Nooyi is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, the world's fourth-largest food and beverage company. She is the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 42-year history. Prior to being named CEO on Augst 14, 2006, she had been serving as president and CFO since 2001.
According to the polls Forbes magazine conducted, Nooyi ranks fifth on the 2007 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In addition, Nooyi has been named the #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business in 2006 and 2007 by Fortune magazine.
Prior to joining PepsiCo in 1994, Nooyi worked at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Motorola and ABB.
Indra Nooyi received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Madras Christian College and immediately entered the PGDBA (Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration) program at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. She also received a master's degree in Management from the Yale School of Management.
Clearly in everybody's lives there are some milestones that sort of changed the trajectory of your life. I think the first milestone in my life, and I'm going back to my childhood and as most of you know, I was born and brought up in Madras, South of India, which was very conservative and I was in ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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