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  • Indra Nooyi - A Biography

  • Written by: Annapoorna
  • Narrated by: Mala Mangla
  • Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (378 ratings)
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Indra Nooyi - A Biography

Written by: Annapoorna
Narrated by: Mala Mangla

Publisher's Summary

When I first came to the US, I was dirt poor. At Yale, I worked at the reception counter from midnight to five a.m. to make money. When you don't even have clothes for job interviews, all of a sudden life gives you a wake-up call and you realize you have got to work extremely hard to make it happen for you. 

Indira Nooyi's meteoric rise and success has been charted by every newspaper and business journal in the world, but how many of us know the person behind the image? The Secret of Success: The Story of Indira Nooyi gives us a rare insight into Nooyi's life, her childhood, the choices she made, the struggles she faced and the lessons she learnt on her way to the top. 

The accolades came later, and there were many. In 2007 she was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the president of India. In 2007 and 2008, Time magazine listed her among the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2008, Forbes named her the third-most powerful woman in business while Fortune ranked her the sixth most powerful woman in the world as well as listed her, along with Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton, among the 30 most inspiring women in the world. 

How did Nooyi do it? What kept her going? How did she manage to sustain home and hearth through the challenges she faced while running the second-largest food and beverage business in the world? 

Amazingly, she conveys through her life and her achievements that the highest of accomplishments is possible without sacrificing who and what you are. Though Nooyi became an American citizen in 1988, India, Indian values, her home and family in Chennai remain at the core of this corporate leader's heart. Hear about this and more in this intimate and revealing biography of one of the world's most unusual women.

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Perfect read for inspiration & motivation

Indira Nooyi is in herself a book, a book one will always want to read to get his/ her inspiration for a having a balanced life without making compromises with his/ her dreams and the way this book has been written & narrated fills you up with that motivation. Loved both the writing & narration, doing justice to each & every word, making you feel that you are watching the entire journey in person. Great read!!

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not much data

could have been better with more details...too superficial barely you get to learn anything...with more details how she got her job her thinking process...her approach

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The Best Story Well Produced

Unbeatable Well Presented Proud Indian American Lucid No non sense Text and Speech. Congratulations

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Indra’s story in plain simple easy to understand language

Journey from childhood to Pepsi CEO. Good read. Well detailed, shares about her Indian tradition, style or upbringing and contribution of her upbringing to her success.

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Amazing story to awake you as women

The story of Indira was really inspiring
for any Indian women who aspires to be leader and have multiple responsibilities and guilt for not giving time to family

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good book not the nest

good book. but wish it was longer and spoke more about how Indira made decisions , balanced work life . would have loved to know more about her personality about her rather than only her achievements in pepsi. however it was a interesting book to hear

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Could Be SO Much Better!

starts off well but soon ends up reading like an expanded version of Indra’s wikipedia page.

this book could have left readers with so much learning considering all that she has accomplished. instead it repeats itself again and again and again like a moral science lesson about being a good wife, daughter, mother and CEO.

team leadership lessons, go to market strategy, crisis management skills, budgets and spending, PR management, steps to climbing the corporate ladder, so much potential left untapped by merely scratching the surface.

a brilliant opportunity wasted. hopefully the next one about her is better and more detailed leaving listeners with more takeaways.

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Simple language and interesting flow

Loved it... Well narrated and very well written. Really liked the simple language used and the story flow of the book.

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Example of Self Women Empowerment

Inspirational story highlighting grit determination & hard work and perseverance to achieve success against odds

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Expected more

Expected more to hear her struggle to adjust on a foreign land, as a mother, and wife. Also what were the problems she faced while climbing a ladder in Pepsi co.

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