Indra Nooyi has led PepsiCo since 2006, and she joined the company in 1994.
- Indra Nooyi, who has been CEO of PepsiCo since 2006, announced August 6 that she is stepping down.
- In her 24 years at PepsiCo, she helped introduce more healthy products to the company's food and drink portfolio.
- Nooyi was born in Chennai, India, and moved to the US in 1978 when she entered the Yale School of Management.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, 62, announced August 6 that she is stepping down.
After 24 years at PepsiCo and 12 as CEO, Nooyi expanded the company's healthy food and drink portfolio, while finding new and occasionally controversial ways to market its offerings like Doritos, Cheetos, and Mountain Dew.
Nooyi, who earned $31 million last year, was born in the South Indian city of Chennai in 1955. Read below how she became the leader of one of the world's most famous food and beverage makers.