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'My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future' is the memoir of:

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Answer: Option C — Indra Nooyi

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"My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future" is the memoir of Indra Nooyi, the former Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo. It was published in September 2021.

About the book:

  • It describes her childhood in Madras (Chennai), her education at Madras Christian College, IIM Calcutta and Yale School of Management, and her move to the USA in 1978.
  • It covers her career at Boston Consulting Group, Motorola, ABB and PepsiCo, which she joined in 1994.
  • It discusses the challenges of balancing a demanding career with family life, and argues for better support for working families, such as paid leave, flexible work and childcare.

About Indra Nooyi:

  • She was born in 1955 in Chennai.
  • She became CEO of PepsiCo in 2006, one of the first women of colour to lead a Fortune 500 company, and also served as its Chairperson from 2007 to 2019.
  • She led PepsiCo's strategy of "Performance with Purpose", promoting healthier products and environmental sustainability.
  • She stepped down as CEO in 2018.
  • She was regularly listed among the world's most powerful women by "Forbes" and "Fortune".
  • She received the Padma Bhushan in 2007.
  • She was the first woman independent director on the board of the International Cricket Council (ICC), appointed in 2018.

Other Indian women business leaders:

  • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: founder of Biocon, a biotechnology company in Bengaluru.
  • Arundhati Bhattacharya: first woman Chairperson of the State Bank of India (2013-2017); memoir "Indomitable" (2022).
  • Chanda Kochhar: former CEO of ICICI Bank.
  • Falguni Nayar: founder of Nykaa.

Books by other business leaders:

  • Satya Nadella: "Hit Refresh".
  • R. Narayana Murthy: "A Better India: A Better World".

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the founder of Biocon.
  • ✗Chanda Kochhar was CEO of ICICI Bank.
  • ✗Arundhati Bhattacharya wrote "Indomitable".

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Remember: "My Life in Full" (2021) = Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo CEO 2006-2018; Padma Bhushan 2007); "Indomitable" = Arundhati Bhattacharya (first woman SBI Chairperson); "Hit Refresh" = Satya Nadella.

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