5 Top Performing Female CEOs

4. Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo on Oct. 1, 2006. The 18-year PepsiCo expert, Nooyi has been leading the beverage company’s reform. The restructuring comprises high-profile spin-off and sale of its Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants into Tricon Global Restaurants, now known as Yum Brands. Nooyi, who has a reputation for being an ambitious and confident leader, controls over PepsiCo’s 22 billion-dollar brands, including Pepsi-Cola, Quaker, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Tropicana.

5. Virginia Rometty

Virginia was the first female CEO of IBM. She joined IBM in 1981 as a systems engineer and thirty years down the lane she was selected as the President and CEO of IBM. IBM is moving apart from the hardware business to take benefit of global markets and more profitable businesses like software and services. Rometty was also the Senior Vice President or Group Executive for IBM sales. Her headship in global markets brought in nearly $100 billion in sales during 2010.

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