The woman who's making Pepsi healthy

Courtesy CNN Money  Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:25am

Pepsi can have a strange effect on people. The company, that is, not the beverage. No sooner had PepsiCo president Indra Nooyi gotten word 18 months ago that she was to become the next CEO than she hopped on a plane to Cape Cod, where Mike White, her main challenger for the job, was vacationing.

The two had worked together for years. Both had been CFOs and rising stars. Both loved music. When they'd been kicked out of a board...


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