I just read through an article that is published in today's Financial Express...
A proud story about an Indian woman....Indra Nooyi...
Here is a brief history about her...She was born in 1955 to a middle class family in Tamil Nadu. Having done her B.Sc in Chennai, she extended her student life into IIM, Kolkata for an MBA degree...
After her MBA, she worked with Johnson & Johnson and Mettur Beardsell for 2 years...
Next...Planning for higher studies, she went to Yale University...and slowly made progress in her career by working for companies like Boston Consulting Group, Motorola etc. and landed up into Pepsi Co., as Senior Vice-president for "corporate strategy and strategic marketing" in 1994. Ms. Nooyi joining Pepsi Co., is regarded as one of the best things that has happened to the company.
She was responsible for Pepsi Co's some of the biggest aquisitions in the past....like that of Tropicana (fruit juice major) and Quaker Oats Ltd. (America's largest food chain company)...
Finally ......a proud Indian, who is very religious.........who flaunts her Indianness wherever she goes, and a mother of two children...
Now in a situation where in India is grappling with controversy over pesticides in colas and it's impact on FDI (as hinted by the US), Ms. Nooyi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world's second largest beverage company!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this a strategy or a merit perk!!!!
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