INDRA NOOYI

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INDRA NOOYILeads the world’s largest convenient food and beverage companies, that is PepsiCo.

The company’s products are sold in approximately 200 countries, and it employs more than 198,000 people worldwide.

In total, the PepsiCo portfolio includes 18 Brands that generate $1 billion or more each in annual retail sales.

Born : 28 October 1955 (age 59) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India Residence: Greenwich, ConnecticutEthnicity : Indian TamilReligion: HinduismCitizenship: United States

Occupation: Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo Salary: $28.6 million (2014)

Early life and education

Schooling : At Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Madras.

Graduation : In Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Madras Christian College in 1974

Post Graduation : Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976.

Master's degree : In Public and Private Management from Yale School of Management. Career : Product manager at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell.

Joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001.

In 2006 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.

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.

Took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998, and merger with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo.

THE BEGINNING

Awards and InternationaL Recognitions

Ranked fourth on the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 lists of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine

Has been named number one on its annual ranking of Most Powerful Women in business for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 by Fortune magazine

In 2008, Nooyi was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report.

Has been named CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group in the year 2009.

In 2009, she was considered one of "The TopGun CEOs" by Brendan Wood International, an advisory agency.

Was named to Institutional Investor's Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey in 2008 to 2011.

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