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Which women CEOs does India have as Indra Nooyi says she couldn't have become CEO in India?
short by Ashley Paul / on Saturday, 4 July, 2026
Ex-Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi claimed she could never become the CEO in India. However, India has seen multiple women executive leaders, with the most prominent currently serving women chiefs being Nykaa's Falguni Nayar, Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Hindustan Unilever's Priya Nair. Edelweiss MF's Radhika Gupta and Colgate-Palmolive India's Prabha Narsimhan are other prominent Indian women CEOs.