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Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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business · Indian-American business executive (born 1955) · businessperson · also Indra Nooyi, Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, Indra Krishnamurthy, Indra K Nooyi, Indra K. Nooyi, Nooyi
Born 28 September 1955 · Q264913
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Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (2022).
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Nooyi was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
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Published the memoir My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
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fact checker rated the claim “NASA has 58% Indian employees, Google's CEO is Indian, Nokia's CEO is Indian, Adobe 's CEO is Indian, Amazon's BOD is Indian, MasterCard's CEO is Indian, Microsoft's CEO is Indian, Pepsico's CEO was Indian Indra Nooyi” Half true.
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Awarded Bower Award for Business Leadership (2019).
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Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2019).
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Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019).
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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
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Nooyi stepped down as CEO, and Ramon Laguarta, a 22-year veteran of PepsiCo, replaced her on October 3, as well as becoming a member of the board of directors
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Nooyi stated an intent to develop a line of snacks marketed specifically for women, feeling that it was a hitherto unexplored category
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Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017).
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Nooyi's last full year at the helm of PepsiCo, she earned more than $31 million in total compensation
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi told Donald Trump supporters to "take their business elsewhere."” Mostly False.
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Nooyi was the winner of the Academy of International Business (AIB) The International Executive of the Year Award
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Nooyi gifted an undisclosed amount to her alma mater, the Yale School of Management
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Awarded Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (2015).
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Nooyi removed aspartame from Diet Pepsi, although in 2016 aspartame was reintroduced due to public backlash
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Was ranked at number 13 on the Forbes list, and the second most powerful woman on the Fortune list in 2015 and 2017
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Awarded honorary degree presented by North Carolina State University (2013).
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Awarded doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick (2011).
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Wake Forest University (2011).
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Nooyi earned $17 million, which included a base salary of $1
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Fortune magazine ranked her the 6th most powerful woman in the world
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Awarded honorary doctor of Pennsylvania State University (2010).
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Awarded honorary degree presented by Duke University (2009).
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Won Barnard Medal of Honor presented by Barnard College (2009).
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Awarded Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women (2008).
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Awarded honorary degree presented by New York University (2008).
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Nooyi was elected to the Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Awarded Padma Bhushan presented by President of India (2007).
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Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2007).
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And 2008, and was listed among Time's 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007 and 2008
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Awarded CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (2006).
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2006–2018).
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Babson College (2004).
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And was also named to PepsiCo's board of directors
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Career landmark: chief financial officer (2001–2006).
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And the merger with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade in 2001
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“As a CEO, I am finding that I have to become a learning CEO. I have to go to school all the time because I am learning new skills that I need to run this company and I am realising that I am not equipped to just coast, I have to constantly renew my skills.”
“Bring together what is good for business with what is good for the world.”
“At the end of the day, don’t forget that you are a person, don’t forget you are a mother, don’t forget you are a wife, don’t forget you are a daughter. Because in the end, no matter how much money you make and how much success you create, What you are left is family, friends and faith.”
“There were many times that I felt like a fish out of water, times that I really said to myself, 'do I even fit in.”
“You cannot deliver value unless you anchor the company's values. Values make an unsinkable ship." Code of conduct goes beyond legal compliance and every employee needs to be well versed with it.”
“I am a mother first, then a CEO and then a wife.”
“[moot issue is that ] we should talk about is not just lessons in leadership or what the leaders need to do today but what can India do to bring those leaders back to India, so India itself can become an even more powerful economy going forward.”
“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. As a leader I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.”
“I have an immigrant mentality, which is that the job can be taken away at any time, so make sure you earn it every day...immigrants come here they have no safety net-zero. I landed here with $500 in my pocket. I had no one here to pay for me.”
And was named CEO in 2006, replacing Steven Reinemund, becoming the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history
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Nooyi, president at AmSoft Systems, in 1981.
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Studied at Yale School of Management, master's degree (1978–1980).
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Nooyi joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a strategy consultant, and then worked at Motorola as vice president and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning, followed by a stint at Asea Brown Boveri
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Nooyi was admitted to Yale School of Management and moved to the United States, where she earned a master's degree in public and private management in 1980
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Studied at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Master of Business Administration (1976).
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And a Post Graduate Programme Diploma from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976
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Studied at Madras Christian College, bachelor's degree (1974).
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In Madras (now known as Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India as the second of three children
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Born 1955-09-28.
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