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NRI PROFILE
Indra Nooyi is an
Indian-born American
business executive
currently serving
as the Chairperson
and Chief Executive
Officer of PepsiCo,
one of the largest
food and beverage
businesses in the
world.
Degree in Physics, Chemistry
and Maths from Madras
Christian College.
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Her determination and
perseverance helped
her to get into the very
prestigious Indian Institute
of Management in Calcutta
(capital of West Bengal
currently known as Kolkata)
from where she earned a
Post Graduate Diploma in
Management. After this, she
worked for two years with
Johnson & Johnson and a
firm named Mettur Beardsell
in India.
To pursue higher studies,
she went to US with little
money. She got her masters
degree from Yale school of
management
Career
Her first job was with Tootal,
a British textile company
which had extensive holdings
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in India. Eventually she
moved on to work with
Johnson & Johnson as a
product manager.
Her job with Johnson
& Johnson was quite a
challenging one as she
was made responsible for
managing the introduction of
Stayfree sanitary napkins to
India. At that time advertising
for feminine hygiene products
was banned in the country
and Stayfree was struggling
to gain a fo othold. Nooyi
managed to introduce the
products to young women by
directly marketing to female
students at schools and
colleges.
Her experience at Johnson
& Johnson made her realize
that she was still unprepared
for the business world, and
thus she decided to pursue
further education. She moved
to the United States to join
Yale School of Management
in 1978 and pursued a
master’s degree in Public
and Private Management.
She thoroughly enjoyed her
learning experience at Yale
and graduated in 1980.
After getting her degree, she
joined the Boston Consulting
Group as a director of
international corporate
strategy projects. In this
position, she worked on a
variety of strategy projects for
the next six years.
In 1986, she moved to
Motorola as a senior
executive in the automotive
division development team.
She quickly rose through the
ranks and was promoted to
vice president and director
of corporate strategy and
planning in 1988.
She changed her job yet