Indra Nooyi

Intro

• Former chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo

• Ranked the 2nd most powerful woman on the Fortune list in 2015

Early life

• born in Madras (now known as Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India in 1955

• received bachelor's degrees in physics, chemistry and mathematics from Madras Christian College of the University of Madras in 1974, and a Post Graduate Programme Diploma from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976

• In 1978, Nooyi was admitted to Yale School of Management, and moved to USA. in 1980, she earned a Master's degree in Public and Private Management in 1980

At PepsiCo

Nooyi's strategic redirection of PepsiCo, called Performance with a Purpose, has been largely successful and involved creating long-term growth while leaving a positive impact on society and the environment.

Timeline

• 1998: took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana and the merging with Quaker Oats company

• 2001: served as president and CFO.

• 2006: became fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history

• 2018: stepped down as CEO

Beyond PepsiCo

In addition to her success at PepsiCo, Nooyi also made contributions in various fields...

In 2019, Nooyi became the co-director of the newly created Connecticut Economic Resource Center, a public-private partnership with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.

In April 2020, it was announced that Nooyi – along with Yale epidemiologist Dr. Albert Ko – will represent Connecticut on the six-state working group planning for the careful easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

In 2016, Nooyi gifted an undisclosed amount to her alma mater, The Yale School of Management. She became the school's biggest alumni donor in history and the first woman to endow a deanship at a top business school with her gift.

Nooyi and her husband Raj donated 187,000 Scholastic books to Connecticut's alliance school districts as part of the Partnership for Connecticut during the COVID-19 crisis.