Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive. She is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food & beverage business in the world
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001. Nooyi has directed the company's global strategy for more than a decade and led PepsiCo's restructuring, including the 1997 divestiture of its restaurants into Tricon, now known as Yum! Brands. Nooyi also took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998, and merger with Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo. In 2007 she became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history.
According to BusinessWeek, 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.
Nooyi was named on Wall Street Journal's list of 50 women to watch in 2007 and 2008, and was listed among Time's 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007 and 2008. Forbes named her the #3 most powerful woman in 2008. Fortune ranked her the #1 most powerful woman in business in 2009 and 2010. On the 7th of October 2010 Forbes magazine ranked her the 6th most powerful woman in the world.
Indra Nooyi is married to Rajkantilal Nooyi, and they have two daughters and they reside at Greenwich, ConnecticutLeadership Style:
All the while, Nooyi has proved comfortable enough with her leadership presence to patrol the office barefoot at times and even sing in the halls, perhaps a holdover from her teen days in an all-girl rock band in her hometown of Chennai, India. She gave Enrico a karaoke machine before he left in 2001 and hired a live "Jam-eoke" band to help senior executives belt out tunes at a management conference earlier this year.
Indra believes in competence. Unless you are an expert in your chosen field, you will get nowhere. You will be known only if you become an expert. In anything, take a decision weighing everything for and against it. Once you have decided, never waver from it. You should send out the message that you are courageous and confident enough to say what is believed to be right by you.
Outstanding Communication Skills
The way you communicate carries a lot of weight. In fact, your communication skills will be in the forefront of your leadership qualities. Indra is all for surrounding herself with mentors. She believes in listening to the mentors' advice and suggestions and incorporate the goods points in what she does. She is not the one to veer away even a little from her moral compass. You must have strength to hold to what you know to be morally right, no matter what.
