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CASE STUDY:

INDRA

NOOYI

Nooyi’s speech to the class of 2015 at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta:

“I run a Fortune 50 company and I still call my mother two to three times a day”

“A successful career is not enough” “You must make a lasting impact… you can leave the world a better, brighter place”

“Never stop learning… stay humble”

How she rose to become a business leader:

Previously worked for Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri

Joined PepsiCo in 1994 and rose from Strategic Planning to Strategy and Development to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Financial Officer

Studied as Madras Christian College, Indian Institute of Management and Yale where she studied Public and Private Management

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