Indra Nooyi: “America is the Middle Finger” Speech

Flap nominates President and CFO of Pepsico, Indra Nooyi, as MORON of the week.

Read her graduation remarks at the Columbia Business School MBA recognition ceremony here.

Read the Powerline take on the speech here:

Read what Hugh Hewitt has to say about the lame attempts of Pepsico to spin the story.

Hugh asks: Where is the CEO of Pepsico?

STEVEN S REINEMUND, 55, has been PepsiCo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since May 2001. He was elected a director of PepsiCo in 1996 and before assuming his current position, served as President and Chief Operating Officer from September 1999 until May 2001. Mr. Reinemund began his career with PepsiCo in 1984 as a senior operating officer of Pizza Hut, Inc. He became President and Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Hut in 1986, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Hut Worldwide in 1991. In 1992, Mr. Reinemund became President and Chief Executive Officer of Frito-Lay, Inc., and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Frito-Lay Company in 1996. Mr. Reinemund is also a director of Johnson & Johnson.

Indeed!

Mr. Reinemund’s slience is noteworthy.