NEW DELHI : Indra Nooyi was the first woman of colour to run a Fortune 50 company. That wasn’t an easy ride.
The former chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo tells the story of how she did it in her new book, My Life in Full. The book, however, is more than a memoir.
It raises questions around workplace behaviour, inclusion and the role of business in society. Nooyi spoke to Mint: How did the book come about? When I stepped down as CEO of PepsiCo, everyone asked me why I wasn’t replaced by a woman.
They never ask the men that question. I realised that I developed a lot of people to move up the chain to become CEOs. Many women left in the middle ranks— they went to smaller firms as CEOs, not wanting to stick around for the brutal