50 of the most powerful business women
I’m out of town. I’m at a Surgery meeting. (high speed connection isn’t really high speed. Therefore, it will be hard to post video until I get back home.) There was a forum on diversity. Then I found this article. I have to admit that I didn’t know half of the people on the list. I didn’t know that woman is the head of PepsiCo. I need to read more business journals.
Indra Nooyi - All the arrows are pointing in the right direction, with revenues ($35.1 billion), operating profits ($6.4 billion), and earnings per share ($3) all rising strongly last year. The 2001 Quaker Foods acquisition, in which Nooyi played a key role, is working out well, and Pepsi International, a priority for the company and a particular interest for the Indian-born Nooyi, is coming on strong too; its revenues rose 14%, to $13 billion, and operating profits rose 21%, to $1.9 billion. Oh, and in May, Nooyi added the title of chairman to her own portfolio.
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