Females in the

Workplace:Indra Nooyi
By: Tina Adams, Natori Cousin, Zoe Sellick

Introduction
Gender Inequality in the
workplace
Women in Business/
Fortune 500 Females
Indra Nooyi the rise to
success
Indra Nooyi CEO of
PepsiCo

Crainsnewyork.com

Faithljustice.wordpress.com

Addison.com

Gender Inequality

Kelownadailycourier.ca

The Glass Ceiling

A glass ceiling is a political term used to describe the unseen,
yet unbreakable barrier that keeps minorities and women from
rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of
their qualifications or achievements.

Strategyand.pwc.com

Cimaglobal.com

Double Standards in the workplace

Pantene Philippines

Video of Pantene Advertisement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjNcZvwjxI

Wage Discrimination

Newsweek.com

Families depend on women's wages more than ever, but the

typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than
the typical full-time, year-round male worker.

Wage Discrimination

Usilive.org

Wage Discrimination

Interactive Wage Gap Map:

http://www.nwlc.org/wage-gap-state-state

Fortune 500 Female CEOs

Women currently hold just 4.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEO
positions and 5.4 percent of Fortune 1000 CEO positions.

Catalyst.org

Fortune 500 Female CEOs

Top 5
1. Mary Barra General Motors (No. 7 on the 2014 Fortune 500)
2. Margaret Whitman Hewlett-Packard (No. 17)
3. Virginia Rometty International Business Machines (No. 23)
4. Patricia Woertz Archer Daniels Midland (No. 27)
Commodityglobal.com
5. Indra Nooyi Pepsi Co (No. 43)

Bbc.com
Thetruthaboutcars.com

3dprint.com

Internationalistmagazine.com

Keeping CEO positions

Among CEOs leaving oce over

the past 10 years, a higher share of
women have been forced out than
men
In terms of professional
background, women CEOs are
dierent from their male peers in
that they are more often outsiders
new CEOs hired from outside the
company

Pinterest.com

Indra Growing Up

Indra Nooyi
was born October
28,1955. She was not
born in the United
States.

Photo horatioalger.org

Indra Growing Up
Indra was born in Madras, India, now known as Chennai.

Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images

India in the 1950s

Indra Growing Up
Where I was born, the
way I was brought up,
the last thing I
expected was to be
where I am. So you just
cant tell!

Indras Mantra

Its been a hard days night, and Ive been working like a dog,
Its been a hard days night, I should be sleeping like a log.
-The Beatles-

Some Keys for Indras Success

Video of Indra Nooyi speaking about her entrance exam

for India Institute of Management:
http://www.makers.com/moments/world-men

Education

Education
The Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary

School (one of the best and oldest schools of

Chennai)
Madras Christian College, B.S. Physics, Chemistry
and Mathematics
IIM Calcutta (India Institute of Management) Post
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Yale, Masters in Public and Private Management

American Women in College

American women born in
the early 1980s are 33
percent more likely to have
earned a college degree by
the time they reach 27 years
of age than their male
contemporaries, according
to the results of a
longitudinal study published
by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

Cnsnews.com

Indras Move to Yale University

Indra Nooyi was accepted into Yale and moved to the U.S.
in 1978

Earned degree of Master of Public and Private

Management from Yale in 1980

(WordPress.com)

Being Herself
To fit in with others, Indra dressed
herself in trousers that didnt fit
and a shirt that made her look
clumsy (Annapoorna 80)

For next interview she wore a Sari

and decided to be herself

(GoPixPic.com)

Business History
After 6 years at Boston Consulting Group Indra Nooyi
went to work for Motorola in 1986

1990- Left Motorola to work for ASEA Brown Boveri

(Phandroid.com)
(WordPress.com)

General Electric vs PespiCo

1994- Jack Welch, Chair of General Electric offered Indra a
job

PepsiCo CEO, Wayne Calloway also offered Indra a job

(PepsiCo.com)
(Inroads.com)

Strategic Business Moves

PepsiCo made restaurants separate in 1997 with Indras help

Indra helped establish a $3.3 billion dollar deal with purchase of
Tropicana in 1998
Indra Nooyi was on the team that helped with Quaker Oats $14
billion dollar deal in 2001
Became President and Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and on
PepsiCos Board of Directors
Made her the highest ranking Indian-born woman among the
ranks of corporate America (Indra Nooyi Biography)

(NRN.com)
(NBCnews.com)

(LogoMojo.com)

Indra Becoming CEO

Indra Nooyi was named President and CEO on October 1,
2006 and Chairman on May 2, 2007

Her Prescription for success, Aim high and put your

heart into it (Annapoorna 69)

(post.jagran.com)

Indra Nooyis Vision

For any part of the day we will have a little snack for you
Pepsis Challenge incorporating healthier options
PepsiCo added many snack foods and beverages

(fdbusiness.com)

(PepsiCo.com)

Forbes Most Powerful Women 2014

(forbes.com)

Conclusion

Europeanceo.com
Behance.net

Our ultimate goal is to exemplify a strong current female role model

who has surpassed what societys expectation is for women. As well as
showing what kinds of inequalities women face in the workplace. How
far women have come, and how far women still have to go.

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