According to sources Indra Nooyi is an Indian American business executive, serving as a director of Amazon, the largest e-commerce business in the world by net revenue. Meanwhile she has consistently ranked among the world’s 100 most powerful women. Previously in 2014, she was ranked at number 13 on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, and was ranked the 2nd most powerful woman on the Fortune list in 2015.
Earlier in February 2018, the International Cricket Council announced that Nooyi would join the ICC Board as its first independent female director in June. Furthermore beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. Meanwhile attending Yale School of Management, Nooyi completed her summer internship with Booz Allen Hamilton. In 1980, 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 Asia Brown overi.
Apparently on 6 August 2018, PepsiCo Inc confirmed that Nooyi would step down as the CEO and Ramon Laguarta, a 22 year veteran of PepsiCo, would replace her on 3 October. Moreover Ramon Laguarta replaced her on that day, as well as becoming a member of the board of directors. Reportedly Nooyi will continue to serve as the chairwoman of the company until early 2019 and during her tenure, the company's sales grew 80%. Perhaps Nooyi served as CEO for 12 years, 7 years longer than the average CEO tenure at large companies according to an Equilar study.
