Indra Nooyi

I would have been incredibly young to run such a big part of the company.

Would have been successful, would have been in an environment that I was quite familiar with.

My expenses would have been nil because I would have had to live at home.

No issues with anything.

But I had always dreamed about the United States because all my friends had come here and loved American music, culture, innovation, entrepreneurship.

Everything I read about just fascinated me.

And at that time, I'm really talking about the 70s.

America was the seat of culture and just brilliance.

And as a young person growing up, your dream is to be part of this environment.

So I went to Norman and said, hey, Norman, look,

This job you've offered me is fantastic.

One side of me says, take it and grow in this culture and environment.

The other side of me says, be a rebel.

Go and be part of this incredibly amazing country and culture and environment called the United States.

And I knew one was risky and one was safe.

And something in me wanted to take that risky bet also.

But no one was clear.

He said, look, if I were you, I would take the risky bet.

Even though it would be a loss for me and the company, if I were you, I'd take the risky bet because you may not get this chance again.

And even though I knew I was going to take on loan liabilities, I could fail.