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.
If you don't make mistakes, if you don't have failures you'll never learn. So in a way, if you haven't had failures in your life because of mistakes, then hurry up and make a mistake and I'll tell you why because if I go back and look at all my biggest lessons in life, they came from mistakes I mad...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Indra Nooyi Shares Anecdote of Group Mothering and States Need For Women To Support Each Other
Indra Nooyi Discusses Challenges Arising From Fact That Women's Biological Clock and Career Clock Are Ticking At The Same Time
Indra Nooyi Discusses Differences Between Expectations Among Younger and Older Female Professionals
Indra Nooyi Discusses Importance of Providing Timely and Honest Feedback To Employees
Indra Nooyi States Mistakes and Failures Are Part Of Life - The Important Thing Is To Learn From Them
