Indra K. Nooyi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo
Born on 28 October 1955, she is an Indian-born, naturalized American, business executive and the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo (second largest food and beverage business in the world; by net revenue). She holds a B.S. from Madras Christian College, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and a Master of Public and Private Management from Yale University. Mrs. Nooyi is married and has two daughters.
She has reliably positioned among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2014, she was ranked 13 in the list of Forbes World's 100 most powerful women.Wall street journal and the Forbes magazine have both named her as one of the most powerful women in business in the world. Time magazine went one step ahead and put her in the top place as number one influential woman in the world. Hard figures reveal that her leadership has caused Pepsico to achieve double the sales after she took over in 2000.
Mrs. Nooyi was named President and CEO on October 1, 2006 and assumed the role of Chairman on May 2, 2007. She has coordinated the organization's worldwide method for more than 10 years and headed its rebuilding,including the divestiture of its restaurants into the successful YUM! Brands, Inc., the acquisition of Tropicana and the merger with Quaker Oats that brought the vital Quaker and Gatorade businesses to PepsiCo, the merger with PepsiCo's anchor bottlers, and the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann, the largest international acquisition in PepsiCo's history.
Prior to becoming CEO, Mrs. Nooyi served as President and Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2001, when she was also named to PepsiCo's Board of Directors. In this position, she was responsible for PepsiCo's corporate functions, including finance, strategy, business process optimization, corporate platforms and innovation, procurement, investor relations and information technology. Between February 2000 and April 2001, Mrs. Nooyi was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo. Mrs. Nooyi also served as PepsiCo's Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development from 1996 until 2000, and as PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning from 1994 until 1996.
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STRATEGY
As written in the CEO Letter, "Business does not operate in a vacuum-it operates under a license from society. We recognized early that when we transform our business to deliver for our consumers, protect our environment, and invest in our employees-we achieve sustained value. In fact, these actions fuel our financial returns.
In 2007, we articulated this powerful idea through Performance with Purpose, our goal to deliver sustained, top-tier financial results through:
From our operations on farms and the plant floor, to delivery of our products to store shelves, to strategic decision making-we are guided by Performance with Purpose. It's more than a vision statement. It's the soul of PepsiCo. Over the past seven years, we have woven Performance with Purpose into every aspect of our business-and in doing so, changed the very fabric of our company.
· transforming our portfolio to provide a wide range of foods and beverages, from treats to healthy eats, to sustain topline growth;
· finding innovative ways to reduce our impact on the environment, which enables us to lower our costs at the same time; and
· providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees around the globe to attract and retain the best talent, and investing in the communities in which we do business to retain our license to operate.