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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.
However, her career profile was not satiating her wishes
to do more in life and she persuaded her parent to let
her study at Yale Management School in US. She completed
her Master’s in Public and Private Management form Yale.
Here in US before landing in the Pepsi in 1994, she had
worked with Boston Consulting Group and Motorola. Indra
coaxed the CEO Roger Enrico of the Pepsi to follow-up
the company’s restaurant division, including brands such
KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, as the chief strategy
officer.
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. That’s how she has enhanced her position in
the business world where for a woman it’s 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 it’s got accomplished has drawn this comment from
the Enrico that “If she gets an idea, she goes after it.
There’s no stopping her.” No doubt her firmness and go
getting attitude has won her laurels in the company and
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.
As of now
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. It’s 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.
The
faculty members of IIM Calcutta has brought out this
facts to the media that she has been a very mediocre
student in the campus, however Nooyi has
surpassed everybody’s imagination, when it was announced
that she was going to replace the Steve Reinemund, CEO
of PepsiCo. This has lit up fire every mediocre soul
that if she can achieve this insurmountable hierarchy
nothing is impossible for the determined and strong
willed person, the only thing being required is the
perseverance.
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.
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.
However, Indra Nooyi is the truly global in her
thinking keeping a wide perspective about the world and
has great intellect.
Achievements:
CEO of PepsiCo; Ranked No.4 on Forbes magazine's annual
survey of the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Indra Nooyi is the newly appointed CEO of PepsiCo-the
world's second-largest soft drink maker. She joins the
select band of women who head Fortune 500 companies.
Presently, there are only 10 Fortune 500 companies that
are run by women, and Indra Nooyi is the 11th to break
into the top echelons of power. Prior to becoming CEO,
Indra Nooyi was President, Chief Financial Officer and a
member of the Board of Directors of PepsiCo Inc.
Indra Nooyi spent her childhood in Chennai. Her father
worked at the State Bank of Hyderabad and her
grandfather was a district judge. She did her BSc. in
Chemistry from Madras Christian College and subsequently
earned a Master's Degree in Finance and Marketing from
IIM Calcutta. Indra Nooyi also holds a Master's Degree
in Public and Private management from the Yale School of
Management.
Before joining PepsiCo in 1994, Indra Nooyi was Senior
Vice President of Strategy and Strategic Marketing for
Asea Brown Boveri, and Vice President and Director of
Corporate Strategy and Planning at Motorola. She also
had stints at Mettur Beardsell and Johnson & Johnson. At
PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi played key roles in the Tricon
spin-off, the purchase of Tropicana, the public offering
of Pepsi Cola bottling group and the merger with Quaker
Foods.
Indra Nooyi has been ranked No.4 on Forbes magazine's
annual survey of the 100 most powerful women in the
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