Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PepsiCo

BY : MITISHA SHETH &

Date of Birth: October 28, 1955 Birth Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Nick Name: Muku Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Religion: Hindu Marital Status: Married

Indra Nooyi lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband Raj and their two daughters. Indira Nooyi very chirpy and has a great sense of humour. She has the inclination towards arts which is supported by the fact that she is a member of the Boards of the Lincoln Center for the performing Arts in the New York City. Besides that she has been a member of the Boards of various organization prominent amongst them is the Motorola and Yale University.

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Indra Nooyi was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She completed her schooling from Holy Angels AIHSS, Chennai. She received a Bachelor's degree in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976. Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 and earned a Master's degree in Public and Private Management. While at Yale, she completed her summer internship with Booz & Company. Graduating in 1980, Nooyi joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and then held strategy positions at Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri.

 Nooyi not only shows tenacity for follow-up, but she equally emphasized

in the Mergers and Acquisition.

This was bolstered by the acquisition of the Tropicana and Quaker fruit

juice brands.
As a typical tycoon of the business from her acumen she has predicted the

slowdown in the popularity of aerated soft drinks in the markets worldwide.

Thats how she has enhanced her position in the business world where for a

woman its very difficult to leave any mark on the corner room office of the big conglomerate.
She is the one who has meticulously planned for the foray of Pepsi into the

sport drinks market in association with Gatorade.

Her quick decision making ability and sticking to the work

until its got accomplished has drawn this comment from the Enrico .
If she gets an idea, she goes after it. There is no stopping her. No doubt her firmness and go getting attitude has won her

laurels in the company.

This helped her to build a strong foundation in the career graph

to reach the top echelons in the organization where many people just day dreams to reach.

PepsiCo executive
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001. 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 1998and merger with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo. In 2007 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

Nooyi was named on Wall Street Journal's list of 50 women to watch in 2007 and 2008 and was listed among Time's 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007 and 2008. Forbes named her the #3 most powerful woman in 2008. Fortune ranked her the #1 most powerful woman in business in 2009 and 2010. On the 7th of October 2010 Forbes magazine ranked her the 6th most powerful woman in the world.

PEPSICOS STRATEGIC MOVES

Nooyi not only shows tenacity for follow-up, but she equally emphasized in the Mergers and Acquisition. This was bolstered by the acquisition of the Tropicana and Quaker fruit juice brands. To that end, she hired a chief scientific officer and several members of the World Health Organization to figure out how to take sugar and fat out of PepsiCo (PEP, Fortune 500) products and also to develop new food processes. For example, the scientists invented a micro-crystallized salt that could reduce sodium in Lays chips by as much as 25%. Fortune spoke with Nooyi about PepsiCo's gameplan and how she balances consumer satisfaction with the bottom line. We (pepsico) are putting a lot of R&D dollars behind developing more "goodfor-you" products that taste great and we're also investing in new sweeteners and salt-reduction technologies to make our "fun-for-you" products better for you.

PepsiCo is pursuing a dual strategy for cola, Ms. Nooyi said. The company is spending money to maintain its base business but also is searching for a breakthrough in sweeteners that will yield a naturally sweetened, zero-calorie cola, what Mrs. Nooyi calls "the ultimate nirvana. The company raised its research and development budget to $488 million last year from $388 million in 2008. "We are confident that we will reinvent the cola business the right way," she said. As a typical tycoon of the business from her acumen she has predicted the slowdown in the popularity of aerated soft drinks in the markets worldwide. Thats how she has enhanced her position in the business world where for a woman its very difficult to leave any mark on the corner room office of the big conglomerate.

She is the one who has meticulously planned for the foray of Pepsi into the sport drinks market in association with Gatorade. Her quick decision making ability and sticking to the work until its got accomplished has drawn this comment from the Enrico . If she gets an idea, she goes after it. There is no stopping her. No doubt her firmness and go getting attitude has won her laurels in the company. This helped her to build a strong foundation in the career graph to reach the top echelons in the organization where many people just day dreams to reach.

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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. For Indira this has been a both tough and exciting experience. As she has said in her own word that being a woman, immigrant and colour made it thrice difficult for her to reach to this destination, but only mantra which she followed during the course of time was working hard twice as the male counterpart.

Living up to the moment and enjoying every thrills coming on the way is

the best strategy to go unhindered.

Indra connection with her India is conspicuous by looking at her attire. In most of the office ceremony she wears sari to show that her heart beats

for India and her culture.

Most of the woman would be envying her knowing to this fact that she

has a great boss both in office and in home.

The way she is balancing her office obligation with similar ease she take

cares of her household stuff. Its she an icon to be followed and emulate so that a few things if not all.
She has been daughter, a wife, a mother and last but not the least a

business woman who has been spearheading in every direction whichever she heads to.

INDRA NOOYI AS A PERSON.

 

Nature wise she has been simple and prefers to avoid controversies. Recently while delivery the speech at the graduating ceremony of Columbia Business School she has stirred a controversy by mesmerizing her childhood days. She said that for remember the name of the five continents was a tough task for her in the geography class, so she remember Africa for the small finger, Asia for the Thumb, Europe as the Index finger, South America for the Ring finger and North America as the Middle finger. She justified the analogy of the five fingers with the continent based on there economic and political standing world forum. However, this has instigated furors and she immoderately apologized for the same.

Honours, Awards and International Recognition



Forbes magazine ranked Nooyi fourth on the 2008 and 2009 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Fortune magazine has named Nooyi number one on its annual ranking of Most Powerful Women in business for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2008, Nooyi was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. In 2008, she was elected to the Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Indra Nooyi has been named 2009 CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group. In January 2008, Nooyi was elected Chairwoman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC). Nooyi leads USIBC's Board of Directors, an assembly of more than 60 senior executives representing a cross-section of American industry. In 2009, Nooyi was considered one of "The TopGun CEOs" by Brendan Wood International, an advisory agency. Nooyi was named to Institutional Investor's Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey in 2008 to 2011.

IN A NUTSHELL
However, Indra Nooyi is the truly global in her thinking keeping a wide perspective about the world and has great intellect.

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