Indra Nooyi (née Krishnamurthy; born October 28, 1955) is an
Indian-American
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business executive and former
chief executive officer
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and chairperson of
PepsiCo
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.
She has consistently ranked among the
world's 100 most powerful women. In 2014, she was ranked at number 13 on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
and was ranked the second most powerful woman on the Fortune list in 2015 and 2017. She also serves on the
boards
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* Paperboard
* Fiberboard
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of
Amazon
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* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
and the
International Cricket Council
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.
Early life
Nooyi was born on October 28, 1955, in
Madras
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(now known as
Chennai
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),
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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.
Nooyi did her schooling in
Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School
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in
T. Nagar
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.
Education
Nooyi received
bachelor's degree
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s in
physics
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,
chemistry
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and
mathematics
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from
Madras Christian College
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of the
University of Madras
The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigiou ...
in 1974, and a Post Graduate Programme Diploma from
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institut ...
in 1976.
In 1978, Nooyi was admitted to
Yale School of Management
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and moved to the United States, where she earned a master's degree in public and private management in 1980.
Career
Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company i ...
and the textile firm Beardsell Ltd. While attending
Yale School of Management
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, Nooyi completed her summer internship with
Booz Allen Hamilton
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.
In 1980, Nooyi joined the
Boston Consulting Group
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(BCG) as a strategy consultant,
and then worked at
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. () was an American Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent p ...
as Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning,
followed by a stint at
Asea Brown Boveri
ABB Ltd. is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to create ...
.
PepsiCo
Nooyi joined
PepsiCo
PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...
in 1994, and was named CEO in 2006, replacing
Steven Reinemund
Steven S. Reinemund (born April 6, 1948) is an American businessman who was chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo between 2001 and 2006 and dean of the Schools of Business at Wake Forest University between 2008 and 2014. Reinemund spe ...
, becoming the fifth CEO in PepsiCo's 44-year history. Prior to becoming CEO, Nooyi served as president and chief financial officer, beginning in 2001, she was also named to PepsiCo's Board of Directors. Between February 2000 and April 2001, Nooyi was senior vice president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo. She also served as PepsiCo's senior vice president for corporate strategy and development from 1996 until 2000, and as PepsiCo's senior vice president for strategic planning from 1994 until 1996. Nooyi directed the company's global strategy for more than a decade and led PepsiCo's restructuring, including the 1997 divestiture of Tricon, now known as
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands, Inc. (or Yum!), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, except in China, where the br ...
. Tricon included companies like
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes including pasta, breadsticks and dessert at d ...
,
KFC
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 2 ...
, and
Taco Bell
Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, includi ...
under its umbrella. The financial gains from this spinoff allowed the company to increase the pace of its share buyback strategy, thereby giving it more leverage to pursue future acquisitions without as much shareholder backlash. Nooyi also took the lead in the acquisition of
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Companies
*Tropicana Entertainment, a former casino company that owned several Tropicana-branded casinos
*Tropicana Products, a Chicago-based food company known for orange juice
Hotels and nightclubs
*Tropicana Casino & Re ...
in 1998, and the merger with
Quaker Oats Company
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History Precursor miller companies
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, which also brought
Gatorade
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in 2001.
The $3.3 billion acquisition of Tropicana initially faced opposition from other PepsiCo executives and Wall Street critics. Acquiring Tropicana allowed PepsiCo to gain a competitive edge; Tropicana at the time captured 44% of the chilled orange juice segment, the fastest growing segment of the juice market, an especially positive metric when compared to Coca-Cola's Minute Maid which captured less than half of Tropicana's market share. The
Quaker Oats Company
The Quaker Oats Company, known as Quaker, is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago. It has been owned by PepsiCo since 2001.
History Precursor miller companies
In the 1850s, Ferdinand Schumacher and Robert Stuart founded oat mills. S ...
's ownership of
Gatorade
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was a positive strategic move for PepsiCo, since
Gatorade
Gatorade is an American brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo and is distributed in over 80 countries. The beverage was first develop ...
was responsible for 80% of sports drink sales at the time. Similar to the Tropicana acquisition, this strategic move gave PepsiCo leverage against
Coca-Cola
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, owner of
Powerade
Powerade is a sports drink created, manufactured and marketed by The Coca-Cola Company. Its primary competitor is Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo.
History
In 1988, Powerade became the official sports drink of the Olympics, alongside Aquarius, anot ...
– second in the sports drink segment.
PepsiCo
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's annual net profit rose from $2.7 billion to $6.5 billion.
Nooyi was named on ''
Wall Street Journal
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''s list of 50 women to watch in 2007 and 2008, and was listed among ''
Time
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''s 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007 and 2008. ''
Forbes
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'' named her the #3 most powerful woman in 2008. In 2014, she was ranked #13 by ''Forbes''.
''
Fortune
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General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...
'' ranked her the #1 in the list of Most Powerful Women in Business in 2009 and 2010. On October 7, 2010, Fortune magazine ranked her the 6th most powerful woman in the world. In ''Fortune''
's Most Powerful Women List of 2015, Nooyi ranked second.
Nooyi's strategic redirection of PepsiCo, called Performance with a Purpose, has been largely successful and involved creating long-term growth while leaving a positive impact on society and the environment. She reclassified PepsiCo's products into three categories: "fun for you" (such as potato chips and regular soda), "better for you" (diet or low-fat versions of snacks and sodas), and "good for you" (items such as oatmeal). Her initiative was backed up with ample funding. She moved corporate spending away from junk foods and into the healthier alternatives, with the aim of improving the healthiness of even the "fun" offerings.
In 2015, Nooyi removed
aspartame
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from Diet Pepsi.
As part of Performance with a Purpose, Nooyi also focused on environmental concerns and
sustainability
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, redesigning packaging to reduce waste, conserving water, switching to
renewable energy
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sources and recycling. In 2020, company-operated U.S. facilities are using 100% renewable electricity.
The third component of Performance with a Purpose involved creating a culture where workers were encouraged to stay with the company. As one example, Nooyi wrote to the parents of her leadership team and visited their homes to create the personal connection.
Nooyi has stated an intent to develop a line of snacks marketed specifically for women, feeling that it is a hitherto unexplored category. In a radio interview, Nooyi stated that PepsiCo is getting ready to launch products designed and packaged as per women's preferences, and based on behavioral differences in the way men and women consume snacks.
On August 6, 2018, Nooyi stepped down as CEO, and Ramon Laguarta, a 22-year veteran of PepsiCo, replaced her on October 3, as well as becoming a member of the board of directors. However, Nooyi continued to serve as the chairman of the company until early 2019. During her tenure, the company's sales grew 80%. Nooyi served as CEO for 12 years, 7 years longer than the average CEO tenure at large companies according to an Equilar study.
Connecticut public service
In 2019, Nooyi became the co-director of the newly created Connecticut Economic Resource Center, a public-private partnership with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. She will help draft the state's new economic development strategy. Nooyi is a resident of Connecticut and a
Yale SOM
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classmate of Connecticut Governor
Ned Lamont
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.
In April 2020, it was announced that Nooyi – along with
Yale
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epidemiologist Dr. Albert Ko – will represent Connecticut on the six-state working group planning for the careful easing of
COVID-19
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restrictions. Both Nooyi and Ko will also co-chair the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group.
Nooyi is also the co-chair of Connecticut-based nonprofit organization AdvanceCT.
Remuneration
While CEO of PepsiCo in 2011, Nooyi earned $17 million, which included a base salary of $1.9 million, a cash bonus of $2.5 million, pension value and deferred remuneration of $3 million. By 2014, her total remuneration had grown to $19,087,832, including $5.5 million of equity.
Awards and recognition
In January 2008, Nooyi was elected chairwoman of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC). Nooyi leads USIBC's Board of Directors, an assembly of more than 60 senior executives representing a cross-section of American industry.
In 2008, she was elected to the Fellowship of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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.
In 2008, Nooyi was named one of America's Best Leaders by
U.S. News & World Report.
Nooyi was named CEO of the Year by the Global Supply Chain Leaders Group in July 2009.
In 2009, Nooyi was considered one of "The TopGun CEOs" by Brendan Wood International, an advisory agency.
''
Fortune
Fortune may refer to:
General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...
'' magazine has named Nooyi number one on its annual ranking of Most Powerful Women in business for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Nooyi was named to ''
Institutional Investor
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s Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey in 2008 to 2011. After five years on top, PepsiCo's Indian American chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been pushed to the second spot as most powerful woman in US business by Kraft's CEO,
Irene Rosenfeld
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.
In 2013, Nooyi was named one of the "25 Greatest Global Living Legends" by NDTV. On December 14, 2013, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by the President of India
Pranab Mukherjee
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at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan
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.
''
Forbes
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'' magazine ranked Nooyi on the 2008 through 2017 lists of
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
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.
Nooyi was named one of the "Best CEOs In The World" by the ''CEOWORLD'' magazine in 2018''.''
Nooyi was selected as one of the 2019 American Portrait Gala honorees by the Smithsonian's
National Portrait Gallery. The oil on canvas work created in 2019 by Jon R. Friedman was commissioned by the museum to be part of the collection.
In 2019 Nooyi received the
Bower Award for Business Leadership from the
Franklin Institute
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Awards Program.
In February 2020, Nooyi was honored with the Outstanding Woman in Business award by the
League of Women Voters
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of Connecticut.
In 2021, Nooyi was inducted into the
National Women's Hall of Fame
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Induc ...
.
In 2022, Nooyi was honored with
Golden Book Awards
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The prizes are awarded each December in the categories general interest, ...
.
Memberships and associations
Nooyi is a Successor Fellow of the
Yale Corporation
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Assembly of corporation
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* Three ex officio members: the Presiden ...
. She serves as a member of the Foundation Board of the
World Economic Forum
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,
International Rescue Committee
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,
Catalyst
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and the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of
Eisenhower Fellowships
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, and has served as Chairperson of the U.S.-India Business Council.
Nooyi serves as an Honorary Co-Chair for the
World Justice Project
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. The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the
Rule of Law
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for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.
From April 2015 until April 2020, she was a director of
Schlumberger Limited
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Schlumberger is the world's largest offshore drilling compa ...
.
In June 2016, she was part of the inaugural team on the Temasek Americas Advisory Panel.
In December 2016, Nooyi joined a business forum assembled by
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.
In June 2018, Nooyi joined the
International Cricket Council
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Board as the organization's first independent female director.
Since February 2019, Nooyi has been a member of the board of directors at
Amazon
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* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
.
Nooyi also serves as the Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at
West Point
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, a Dean's Advisory Council member at MIT's School of Engineering, and a member of the
MIT Corporation
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...
.
Philanthropy
In 2016, Nooyi gifted an undisclosed amount to her alma mater, The Yale School of Management. She became the school's biggest alumni donor in history and the first woman to endow a deanship at a top business school with her gift. Nooyi and her husband Raj donated 187,000 Scholastic books to Connecticut's alliance school districts as part of the Partnership for Connecticut during the COVID-19 crisis.
Personal life
Indra married Raj K. Nooyi, president at AmSoft Systems, in 1981. Nooyi has two daughters and resides in
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...
.
Forbes ranked her at the third spot among "World's Powerful Moms" list. She is a devout
Hindu
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who abstains from alcohol and is a
vegetarian
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Vegetarianism m ...
because of her adherence to the religion's teachings and traditions.
Her older sister
Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
Chandrika Tandon (née Krishnamurthy) is an Indian American businesswoman and Grammy-nominated artist.
She is chairperson of Tandon Capital Associates, and a member of the board of directors at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and t ...
is a businesswoman and also a
Grammy
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-nominated artist.
South Indian
Carnatic music
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ian
Aruna Sairam
Sangita Kalanidhi Aruna Sairam is an Indian classical vocalist and carnatic music singer. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India and has been elected as Vice Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy (India's premier ...
is Indra's aunt.
In India, she used to play cricket and was also in an all-girl rock band, where she played guitar.
See also
*
Indian Americans in the New York City metropolitan area
Indians in the New York City metropolitan area constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest and most prominent Indian ...
*
List of Yale University people
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Alumni
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References
External links
PepsiCo corporate biographyForbes Profile: Indra Nooyi*
ttp://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/M-R/Nooyi-Indra-K-1955.html Reference for Business: Indra Nooho Leadership BiographyVideo of discussion with Indra Nooyi at the Asia Society, New York, 4/14/2009Indra Nooyi Video produced by ''
Makers: Women Who Make America''
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Harvard Business Review: Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen
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1955 births
Living people
American chief executives of food industry companies
American people of Indian Tamil descent
Women corporate directors
Boston Consulting Group people
Indian emigrants to the United States
Indian chief executives
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta alumni
Madras Christian College alumni
PepsiCo people
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in trade and industry
American women chief executives
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American chairpersons of corporations
Indian chairpersons of corporations
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
Tamil businesspeople
Johnson & Johnson people
Booz Allen Hamilton people
Motorola employees
American drink industry businesspeople
University of Madras alumni
Indian Tamil people
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American people of Indian descent
Indian women chief executives
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20th-century Indian businesswomen
American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
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Asia Game Changer Award winners
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