Indian Lady In Trump’s Business Council
posted on Dec 15, 2016 @ 10:46AM
Indian-American PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has joined Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum that aims to assist the president-elect in implementing his economic agenda. Chennai-born Nooyi is only the third female executive to join a 19-person business Council.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and SpaceX and Tesla chairman Elon Musk are the other corporate bigwigs to join the forum. The forum, composed of some of America's most highly respected and successful business leaders, will meet with the president frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the president implements his economic agenda.
As chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, Nooyi heads a company that has more than $63 billion in annual net revenue and more than $35 billion in the US alone. PepsiCo is the largest US food and beverage company with about 1,10,000 employees and 100 plants across the country. During the general election, Nooyi was a known supporter of Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.