Indra Nooyi

Name: Indra Nooyi
Born: 28 October 1955 (1955-10-28) (age 55) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Citizenship: United States
Education: Madras Christian College, IIM Calcutta, Yale School of Management
Occupation: Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo
Religion: Hindu
Awards: Padma Bhushan (2007)

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (born 28 October 1955) is an Indian-born American business executive. She is the currentChairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food & beverage business in the world.

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 aPost 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.

PepsiCo executive
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001. 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.