‘I Could Never Have Become CEO In India’: Why Indra Nooyi Believes This

Summary

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has stated that she could never have become CEO in any other country, including India, due to the meritocratic system in the United States. Nooyi credited the American system for creating opportunities based on merit, allowing her to rise to the top of a large multinational company. She believes the US system enables the best brains to rise to the top, regardless of gender, which she says is not the case in other countries.