Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi

By: Emma Goetz

Indra Krishnamurthy NooyiShe grew up in India

In 1974, she got her Bachelor’s degree at Madras Christian College. Soon after, she went to a PGDBA program at the Indian institute of manegment, Calcutta. After a few years of work in India, Nooyi received her master’s degree in Management at Yale.

She lives in Greenwich Connecticut with her two duaghters and husband

She is the chairman and was named CEO of PepsiCo in August 2006

PepsiCoPepsiCo was founded in 1965 by Donald Kendall, CEO of Pepsi-Cola and Herman Lay, CEO of Frito-Lay

PepsiCo has 168,000 employees

PepsiCo’s Headquarters are located in Purchase, New York

Indra Nooyi is the current CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo

PepsiCo’s Financial Info

The stock price is at $67.94

The annual revenue for 2006 is $35,137.00

The Coca-Cola Company and the National Beverage Corp. are two of PepsiCo’s competitors

Stock prices have raised 3.87% in the last year and 71.78% in the last five years

PepsiCo’s Products And ServicesTheir biggest product is Pepsi

Pepsi comes in many varieties, including Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Gold, and Caffeine Free Pepsi

Pepsi has always had a rivalry with Coca-Cola.

PepsiCo’s Products And Services

Frito- Lay is a subsidiary of PepsiCo

Frito-Lay’s products include: Fritos, Doritos, Cheetos, Ruffles, Lay’s Rold Gold Pretzels, Tostitos, and Chester's Popcorn

Honors and HighlightsIndra Nooyi was lead negotiator on Pepsi's $13.8 billion purchase of Quaker Oats.She lead the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998, and the merger with Quaker Oats Co. She also helped promote “performance with purpose,”concept, with the aim to make PepsiCo a leader in offering healthy foods and hiring a diverse workforce One characteristic that contributes to Indra Nooyi’s success is her negotiation skills. Another unique characteristic that she possesses is her ability to speak publicly. She can capture her audience’s attention without sounding pompous or having no originality. A third characteristic is that she is a good leader. She needs very good leadership to lead the large and successful company that PepsiCo is.