New York: Two Indian-origin women — Indra Nooyi and Manisha Girotra — figure on a list prepared by the Wall Street Journal for women who could have a significant impact on their businesses in the year ahead.
Wall Street Journal has compiled a list of 50 women from across the world in its 'Women to Watch' list for 2007 saying, "a new generation of women leaders who grew up watching pioneering women break into the executive suite has moved into the corner offices of some of the world's largest companies."
The list is topped by America's largest health insurer Well Point Inc's president and CEO Angela Braly, followed by Pepsi Co Inc's Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi at the second rank and European Union Anti-Trust Chief Neelie Kroes.
The other two women among the top five are Morgan Stanley Co President Zoe Cruz and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair.
Manisha Girotra, who is UBS AG Managing Director and Chairperson (India), figures along with Nooyi on the coveted list.
Nooyi has been ranked at the second position with WSJ describing her as the "the head of PepsiCo Inc who has a lofty goal for the company, whose strategy and deal-making she helped to drive for more than a decade before ascending to the top job."
Nooyi is ahead of women leaders in firms like Xerox Corp, Hewlett Packard executive Vice-President and Melinda Gates, wife and co-founder of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
While Girotra occupies the 43rd position as she gears up to integrate the asset-management business UBS recently bought from Standard Chartered Plc and expand UBS's wealth-management business in India.
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