PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is the only Indian-origin executive in Fortune’s list of 50 most powerful women in business, which has been topped by General Motors CEO Mary Barra. India-born Nooyi is ranked 2nd on the list, moving up a notch from her third position last year. The list also includes IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on the third rank, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (8), Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (18), Mylan CEO Heather Bresch (22), Procter & Gamble Group President, North America Carolyn Tastad (36) and singer Taylor Swift (51).
Pepsi - Interesting Facts
- The company was first started in 1898 by a North Carolina pharmacist named Caleb Bradham.
- Pepsi is manufactured by PepsiCo, which also owns well-known brands such as Walker’s crisps, Doritos, Tropicana,7UP, Mountain Dew, Naked Juice and Nobby’s Nuts.
- During 1922 & 1933, The Coca-Cola Company was offered a chance to buy the Pepsi-Cola company, and it declined on three separate occasions.
- Pepsi-Cola was the first American consumer productto be produced, marketed, and sold in the former Soviet Union.
- Pepsi Light was the “original” Diet Pepsi that was considered an alternative to regular Cola.
- Aquafina is a bottled water product made by PepsiCo.
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Name the Slogans of Pepsi in India?
