http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0709/gallery.women_mostpowerful.fortune/index.html

1. Indra Nooyi
Chairman and CEO
PepsiCo (PEP)
2006 rank:  1
Age: 51
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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http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/indra-nooyi.html

“Indra Nooyi spent her childhood in Chennai. Her father worked at the State Bank of Hyderabad and her grandfather was a district judge. She did her BSc. in Chemistry from Madras Christian College and subsequently earned a Master's Degree in Finance and Marketing from IIM Calcutta. Indra Nooyi also holds a Master's Degree in Public and Private management from the Yale School of Management. “

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Originally posted by desi in ottawa

1. Indra Nooyi
Chairman and CEO
PepsiCo (PEP)
2006 rank:  1
Age: 51

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