Indra Nooyi
She is the only Indian woman to become the Chief Executive Officer of the more $ 25 Billion Multinational, and perhaps the first Indian to reach to this level. “As of now” has been deliberately being used so as to see more and more Indian transcendent to that level in future
Nature wise she has been simple and prefers to avoid controversies. She has a great sense of humor, inclination towards arts. Besides that she has been a member of the Boards of various organization prominent amongst them is the Motorola and Yale University.
(However, Nooyi is the truly global in her thinking keeping a wide perspective about the world and has great intellect.)
So Far Journey of Nooyi
India has a long history where women’s have shown that they are not only the homemaker, however, with their complete strengths and courage, they have ruled over India from the Medieval History period of India take the example of Razia Sultan, then Rani Laxmi Bai, then Sarojini Naidu, then Indra Gandhi, then Ashiwarya Rai and latest entrant in this list is the Indra Nooyi.
A superwomen, who has been placed 4th in the list of worlds topmost influential women’s by the Forbes Magazine.Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is her full name and she belongs to the Southern Indian city of Chennai. She was born in 28 October 1955 in Madras, now Chennai. She has done her graduation from Madras Christian College (MCC) in Chemistry, Physics and Math. On completion of her graduation she went to Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta for doing Masters in Finance and Marketing. Soon after completion of her MBA she joined ABB and then Johnson and Johnson (J&J) in Mumbai. One of her achievement with J&J is her close association with launch of the sanitary napkin “Stayfree”. From there she has been no stopping her life.
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 as president and elected as CFO in 2001before joining her hands with Pepsico she had worked with BCG and Motorola. Nooyi has 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. Nooyi also took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998 and merger with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo. In 2007 she became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history.
