Template for Creating New Headers - Must Add Banman Zone
Click logo for homepage of IMDiversity.com - where careers, opportunities and communities connect
home | search jobs | my account employer profiles | career center | about us | for employers
Featured Employers



 

Featured Jobs

View Featured Jobs

$100K-PLUS Jobs
 

Asian American Village Categories
AAV Jobs Center
AAV Blog
Arts, Culture & Media
Business, Finance & Economics
Careers, Workplace, Employment
Civil, Human & Equal Rights
Education & Academia
Family, Lifestyles, Traditions
History & Heritage
Opinion and Letters
Politics & Law
World Affairs
News & Announcements
Reference
Organizations & Links
Browse Full Index
 

Asian-American Village News
PBS film revisits killing of AZ Sikh after 9/11 attacks
Hawai'i official state plant will be taro
Burmese woman teaching English to others in MD
MN women allegedly sold protected wildlife parts
Old friends remember Obama's pre-politics years in NY, L.A.
villages/asian/ AP Headlines Update Pagee
Secret Asian Man

It's S.A.M.!
The NEW Secret Asian Man
Redesigned Weekly Section, and new multistrip theme series

 
Also


What's New @ IMDiversity Career Center?

Graduate School Opportunities

QuickSearch: Jobs preferring Bilingual/ Multilingual Candidates
 

 

PepsiCo Elects CEO Indra K. Nooyi as Chairman

Move Effective May 2, 2007 Upon Steven S Reinemund's Retirement

Media Release by Pepsico

 

PURCHASE, NY, February 5, 2007 -- PepsiCo's board of directors announced today that it has elected Indra K. Nooyi, 51, Chairman of the Board, effective when Executive Chairman Steven S Reinemund, 58, retires on May 2, as he announced last August. Mrs. Nooyi is currently Chief Executive Officer of the more than $32 billion global convenient food and beverage company, a role she assumed on October 1, 2006. She becomes the fifth Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in PepsiCo's 42-year history, following Reinemund (2001-2006), Roger A. Enrico (1996-2001), Wayne D. Calloway (1986-1996) and Donald M. Kendall (1971-1986.) Herman W. Lay served as PepsiCo's first Chairman (1965-1971), while Kendall served as CEO.

"I'm incredibly honored by the board's confidence, and extraordinarily fortunate to follow in the footsteps of Steve Reinemund and all my illustrious predecessors," said Nooyi. "PepsiCo is on a sound strategic course with solid momentum thanks to Steve's leadership, and along with every PepsiCo associate, I'm looking forward to building on the lasting legacy created by him, Roger, Wayne, Don and Herman."

Mrs. Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and directed worldwide strategy for over a decade. She was the primary architect of PepsiCo's restructuring and transformation, including the merger with Quaker Oats and the acquisition of Tropicana, which added some of the world's strongest health & wellness brands to PepsiCo's portfolio. She also led the divestiture of PepsiCo's restaurants into the successful YUM! Brands, Inc., and the spin-off and public offering of company-owned bottling operations into anchor bottler Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG.) Prior to being elected CEO last year, Mrs. Nooyi served as President and Chief Financial Officer. She was elected to PepsiCo's Board of Directors in 2001.

"PepsiCo is in extraordinarily gifted and capable hands," said Reinemund. "Indra's record of transformational leadership is second-to-none. She and her team will take this great company to an unprecedented level of success, and I look forward to continuing to cheer their continued achievements."

Steve Reinemund, a 23-year PepsiCo veteran, led the corporation since 2001. From 2001 to 2005, PepsiCo's revenues increased by more than $9 billion, net income increased by 70%, earnings per share increased by 80%, its annual dividend doubled and the company's market capitalization surpassed $100 billion. During Reinemund's PepsiCo tenure, he also served as the corporation's President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as Chairman and CEO of its Frito-Lay division. He started his PepsiCo career in 1984 at the company's former Pizza Hut division, where he also served as CEO.

 

About PepsiCo: PepsiCo is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies with annual revenues of more than $32 billion. Its principal businesses include Frito-Lay snacks, Pepsi-Cola beverages, Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices and Quaker foods. Its portfolio includes 17 brands that generate $1 billion or more each in annual sales.

 


IMDiversity.com is committed to presenting diverse points of view. However, the viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at IMD.

 

IMDiversity, Inc.
contact us
© 2008 IMDiversity Inc. All Rights Reserved.
privacy statement