Led by Pepsico Chief Indra Nooyi, three Indians have made their way into the Wall Street Journal’s global list of 50 women to watch for this year.
Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior and INX Media’s Chief Executive Indrani Mukerjea are the other two women who made the cut.
Ranked at second spot, snacks and beverages major Pepsico Chief Nooyi is the lone Indian in the top 10. Warrior and Mukerjea are ranked at 31st and 41st positions, respectively.
At the top of the heap is Federal Deposit Insurance corporation Chairman Sheila Bair.Barbara Desoer, who is the President, Mortgage,Home Equity & insurance Services, at the Bank of America, is placed at third position.
Writing on Nooyi, the publication said that confronted this year by high commodity prices, a downturn in US beverage sales, and other consequences of the souring economy, the Pepsico chief did not shy from some bold steps.” Her drive to get Pepsico to buy Tropicana and Quaker oats helped shift the company’s soda-and-potato-chip-dominated portfolio toward healthier drinks and snacks, “WSJ said.
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