Quotes by Indra Nooyi

About Indra Nooyi:

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-born, naturalized American, business executive and the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. She has consistently ranked among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2014, she was ranked 13 in the list of Forbes World's 100 most powerful women.
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To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you ...

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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.

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When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

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The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to im...

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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Gr...

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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.

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PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.

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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.

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There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in...

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At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.

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Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.

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We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemp...

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After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.

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I read every country's perspective on an issue. I also play many games like Bridge, Scrabble and Sudoku online.

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Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.

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In 1994, when I came to PepsiCo, there were really three businesses. They were soft drinks, which included both bottling and the concentrate company. There were salted snacks - Frito Lay. And restaurants where we had, we all talk of them, Pizza Hut, ...

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When I grew up there was no web, blogging or tweeting. In fact, where I grew up there was not even television! I met a lot of my friends in school and in college, and they are still my friends today.

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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.

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Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about the media hounding me every day, on every word that I say. I have a board of directors that runs t...

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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a ...

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Author Bio

  • NameIndra Nooyi
  • DescriptionIndian-born, naturalized American, business executive
  • AliasesIndra Krishnamurthy Nooyi; ??????? ??????????????? ????
  • BornOctober 28, 1955
  • CountryIndia; United States Of America
  • ProfessionChief Executive Officer; Businessperson
  • AwardsForbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Honorary Degree; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Degree; Barnard Medal Of Honor; Honorary Degree; Padma Bhushan; Honorary Doctorate; CNN-IBN Indian Of The Year