On completion of her graduation she went to Indian
Institute of Management in Calcutta for doing Masters in Finance and
Marketing. Soon after completion of her MBA she joined ABB and then Johnson
and Johnson (J&J) in Mumbai. One of her achievement with J&J is her close
association with launch of the sanitary napkin “Stayfree”. From there she
has been no stopping her life.
However, her career profile was not satiating her wishes
to do more in life and she persuaded her parent to let her study at Yale
Management School in US. She completed her Master’s in Public and Private
Management form Yale. Here in US before landing in the Pepsi in 1994, she
had worked with Boston Consulting Group and Motorola. Indra coaxed the CEO
Roger Enrico of the Pepsi to follow-up the company’s restaurant division,
including brands such KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, as the chief strategy
officer.
Nooyi not
only shows tenacity for follow-up, but she equally emphasized in the
Mergers and Acquisition. This was bolstered by the acquisition of the
Tropicana and Quaker fruit juice brands. As a typical tycoon of the
business from her acumen she has predicted the slowdown in the popularity
of aerated soft drinks in the markets worldwide. That’s how she has
enhanced her position in the business world where for a woman it’s very
difficult to leave any mark on the corner room office of the big
conglomerate. She is the one who has meticulously planned for the foray of
Pepsi into the sport drinks market in association with Gatorade.
Her
quick decision making ability and sticking to the work until it’s got
accomplished has drawn this comment from the Enrico that “If she gets an
idea, she goes after it. There’s no stopping her.” No doubt her firmness
and go getting attitude has won her laurels in the company and this helped
her to build a strong foundation in the career graph to reach the top
echelons in the organization where many people just day dreams to reach.
As of now