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Indra Nooyi

Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo

Age: 56

Forbes says, "This superstar CEO last year returned USD 5.6 billion to shareholders, when PepsiCo net revenue grew 14% to USD 66 billion. This year, Nooyi cut 3% of PepsiCo's global workforce to reduce costs and upped the marketing budget for core brands by USD 500 to USD 600 million, or 15%.