Her skill in helping ABB find its direction in North America came to the attention of Jack Welch, then Chairman and CEO of General Electric. He offered her a job in 1994, but so did PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Calloway. As she told a writer for Business Week, the two men knew one another, but Calloway made a much more appealing pitch. He told her, Indra recalled, “Welch is the best CEO I know … But I have a need for someone like you, and I would make PepsiCo a special place for you.”
