Nooyi was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (now known as Chennai) on October, 28, 1955. Nooy attended Naga's Holy Angels Anglo-Indian High School.
Indira Nooyi received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Madras Christian College in 1976 and a master's degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Kolkata two years later. After she emigrated to the United States, she earned a master's degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Management in 1980.
In 1994, Nooy joined PepsiCo as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development. In 2001, she was appointed president and chief financial officer of the company. Nooyi was responsible for leading a major reorganization, including a spin-off of restaurants such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell to Tricon Global Restaurants (later Yum! Brands, Inc.), and a spin-off of PepsiCo. Bottling work. She also oversaw the acquisition of Tropicana Products (1998) and its merger with Quaker Oats Company in 2001 as part of its diversification strategy for healthier beverages and foods.
Nooy became CEO in October 2006, and the following year she became chairman of the board. As the fifth chairman and CEO of PepsiCo's 42-year history, Nooy became the first woman to lead a soft drink and snack food giant and one of only 11 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. became. Analysts expressed surprise when Nooy was appointed chairman (her predecessor Stephen Reinmund served just five years before suddenly deciding to retire), but many said she was at the table. He praised the skills he brought to his work. Nooyi continued its strategy of making PepsiCo a balanced consumer goods company, reducing its reliance on selling its flagship soft drinks. We also actively promoted international expansion. Under her leadership, PepsiCo's revenues increased from $ 35 billion in 2006 to $ 63.5 billion in 2017. The following year, Nooy was announced to resign as CEO in October and resign as Chairman of the Board in early 2019.
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