1. INDRA NOOYI
“Leadership is hard to define and good
leadership even harder. But if you can get
people to follow you to the ends of the
earth, you are a great leader.”

2. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
 Born October 28, 1955 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 Parents - Krishnamurthy & Shantha Krishnamurthy
 Husband - Raj Kishan Nooyi (management
consultant)
 Educated at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher
Secondary School in Madras.

3.  Bachelor’s degree in physics, chemistry and
mathematics from Madras Christian College
in 1974
 Post graduate diploma in management from
IIM , Calcutta.
 Holds a Master’s degree in public and
private management from the Yale School
of Management

4. CAREER
 After completion of MBA, Nooyi’s first job was with Tootal
,a British textile company .
 She was product manager at Johnson & Johnson.
 director of international corporate strategy projects for
Boston Consulting Group in 1980
 she joined Motorola in 1986 as the vice-president and
director of corporate strategy & planning.
 She moved to Asea Brown Boveri in 1990 and spent four
years as vice president (corporate strategy & planning).

5. PEPSICO
 founded in 1965 by Donald Kendall and Herman Lay.
 Formed with merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay,
Inc.
 Headquarters at Purchase , New York.
 the second largest food and beverage business in the world .
 PepsiCo states that it is “committed to delivering sustainable
growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our
planet”.

6. PepsiCo includes Pepsi-cola, Frito lay, Tropicana, Gatorade,
Quaker oats, Cheetos, Aquafina, Mountain dew ,Lipton teas,
.
etc

7. Pepsi's products are available in more than 200 countries.
In 2010 the company acquired its two largest bottlers: Pepsi
Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas.
About 300,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue of
$60 billion.
4 divisions :
• PepsiCo Americas Foods;
• PepsiCo Americas Beverages;
• PepsiCo Europe;
• PepsiCo Asia, Middle East & Africa

8. PEPSICO EXECUTIVE
 Nooyi joined PepsiCo as senior vice president, corporate
strategy and development in 1994 and was named president
and CFO in 2001.
 According to Business Week, 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.
 In 2007 she became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history
 In 2011, Nooyi earned a total compensation of $17 million

9. Established the corporate mission- PERFORMANCE WITH
PURPOSE
This approach includes three components:
 human sustainability (an increase in the nutrition of products),
 environmental sustainability (operating responsibly),
 workforce development (creating a place where employees
feel they can maintain both a job and a life).

10. STRATEGIC DECISIONS
Nooyi took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998.
She was lead negotiator on Pepsi's $13 billion purchase of
Quaker oats.
Formation of a team called Power of One - Americas
Council and Global Snacks Group.
PepsiCo to spin off its restaurant business into
independent business.

11. Created new distribution system which reduces overall cost
and increased sales.
Adopted Direct store delivery system.
She was also instrumental in beating Coca-Cola for
beverage-maker SoBe, which Pepsi acquired for $337
million.

12. HONOURS AND AWARDS
Forbes – 4 th on the 2008 and 2009 list of The World's 100 Most
Powerful Women.
Fortune - no 1 on its annual ranking of Most Powerful Women in
business for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In 2008, Nooyi was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S.
News & World Report.
In 2008, she was elected to the Fellowship of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 2007 she was awarded Padma Bhushan by Govt of India.

13. Nooyi has been named 2009 CEO of the Year by Global
Supply Chain Leaders Group.
In January 2008, Nooyi was elected Chairwoman of the US-
India Business Council (USIBC).
In 2010 she was named #1 on Fortune's list of the "50 Most
Powerful Women" and #6 on Forbes' list of the "World's
100 Most Powerful Women".

14. REASONS BEHIND HER SUCCESS
Quick decision making ability.
Sticking to the work until it is accomplished.
Treat everyone equally.
Balance between corporate life and family life.
High dreams
Outstanding communication skills
Take care of employees
Strength of conviction

15. Leadership traits needed for CEO’S
1. Focus on the long term
2. Think globally and act locally
3. Become more open-minded.
4. Develop emotional intelligence

16. ABOUT HER
Mr. Reinemund :
"Indra's record of transforming PepsiCo speaks for itself, and
she has been an invaluable partner and ally throughout my
time as CEO."
Tim Minges : (President of the Asia Pacific region)
"She challenges you."
George Ellis :
“She’s very good at understanding businesses and how they
fit together, and where synergies are, and how to leverage
assets on assets, and where vectors for growth might be.”
Business India :
"PepsiCo's Indian Icon."

17. “If you want to improve the
organisation, you have to improve
yourself and the organisation gets
pulled up with you .”