My mom, like ever since I was a kid, always told me, "you make mistakes, which all of us do, you might make wrong decisions and you might be afraid to come and tell your parents." But courage(勇气) of conviction(深信) is the only integrity(正直) that you need to have. Whether you make a mistake or not, whether you tell, you make good, bad, or ugly, it should all be yours. I am so excited to be leading this conversation to women I admire in many ways. And we also thought this couldn't be a more fitting(适合的) way to close the summit(最高点). Today's theme is all about leading the way forward.
And these women have broken barriers((阻碍通道的)障碍物). They've taken unconventional(非传统的) paths to success. They've built community in extraordinary(非凡的) ways and across borders. And many of you know who they are. They need no introduction. But just to put it in context, in terms of the extraordinary power influence and success on stage, Andrew Nui is the leader who's at the helm(舵) of a $150 billion company leading PepsiCo's.
Not a small number. That's a lot of decimal(小数的) points. And it's a lot of zeros. Leaning(倾斜) a corporate(社团的) family of over 260,000 employees around the world. And in her tenure((土地等的)使用和占有), she's more than doubled the company's revenue(收入) while also aggressively diversifying(使多样化) the company's product portfolio. Professionally, Priyanka, I would say it's also very difficult to sum(概括) up your job title in one line as well.
You're an actress, a Bollywood superstar, pop singer, star of the very popular show, Quantico, a former(在前的) Miss World, a movie producer, UNICEF Goodwill([贸易] 商誉) ambassador(大使) and activist(积极分子). And you also have, Priyanka also has an extraordinary following of close to or about probably 100 million people around the world who follow her across her social platforms. So this gives you a sense of what influence and power looks like today. Women who've defied( 违抗) limitations(限制) and who inspire(激发) others. In our conversation, as we close today, we'll hear about how their shared experiences have shaped(形成) their success. What are some of the common qualities that have united(联合) these career trajectories that are truly(真实地) remarkable(异常的)?
And how they think about the impact that they have today, both professionally, but in terms of advancing(前进) the opportunities for future generations of leaders to emerge(显现). So Indra and Priyanka, many, many thanks for joining me here today. Thank you for having us. I want to start off by, you know, going back to your childhood, which is something I did with a speaker earlier today, because both of you have talked a lot about the influence of your parents and your mothers in particular on your career journeys in setting these formative values. Indra, you grew up in a socially conservative(保守的) city and you described your mother as someone who was this interesting combination(结合) who adhered(粘附) to traditional beliefs, never worked or went to college, but you would always say to you, "I want you to get married when you're 18 and make sure you aspire(渴望) to be the Prime Minister(部长)." So this very interesting, which is good life goals to have, maybe not 18, but I'll take the Prime Minister part, but that's an interesting juxtaposition(毗邻), particularly coming from a woman who didn't work, who never went to college. Reflect a little bit about the values that she shared and those cultural roots(根) that you've cited(引用) as so formative and in threading the different experiences of your life together.
Mora, thank you for having us here. It's great to be here with Priyanka, the beautiful and brilliant Priyanka. And I was just telling Priyanka, only one of those two adjectives applied to me. You decide which one. Interestingly(有趣地), Mora, in retrospect(回顾), now we talk about my upbringing(养育) and talk about my mother and things like that. What she did and what we went through was very normal for when we were growing up in Madras in the south of India.
It was a conservative city and every mother's dream was to get the daughter married off by age 18 or 20 at the latest, beyond(在…的那边) which you were not quite marriageable. So mothers in particular worried a lot about how are they going to make sure the daughters have a good marriage with a good family and get settled(安排). And once you get settled, you can do whatever you want. Can you prime(首要的) minister(部长), astronaut, do whatever you want. So it was get an education, preferably( 更可取地) up to a master(主人)'s because we don't get a master(主人)'s degree. Family is sort of cringe.
And get married to the right person. I mean, remember, I come from the nerdy south. I come from the nerdy south too. My grandmother was Malayali and she's a nurse. Okay(好). So my family is either a doctor or engineer.
So we both come from a nerdy background. All right. So it was if you don't, you don't have a master's degree and married by the time you're 20, you're in trouble. So when you come from that sort of a background, everything seems normal because she was behaving true to the role. I'm glad she behaved that way because we got our master's degrees. We studied hard.
And then she allowed us to also fly because the men in our family said, hey, you're not going to constrain( 束缚) the women. And I still remember this incident(事件) where my sister got admission(允许进入) to a school outside of our city and she wanted to go away because it's very hard to get admission(允许进入) to the school and she got in and she wanted to go. And my mother said, you can't go unless you get married. And my sister said, what the hell(地狱), I've gotten admission into this very prestigious(享有声望的) school. I am on the bad end. I don't want to get married.
I want to go. My mom said, if you go, I'm going to fast until I die. Okay, which is very normal. Indian moms. It's not even dramatic(戏剧的). It's normal.
Very normal. So she started a fast and my grandfather said to her, she told us kids, it's okay if she dies, I'll take care of you all. And my father said to say, it's okay if she dies, we'll take care of you all, but you are going to school and I'm the bad. And we've already paid the deposit(存款). 24 hours later, my mother broke the fast. She's still alive.
She's still alive. And so I think it was, she was normal. I'm glad she was. So she was the break. And my, the men in my family, my grandfather, my father were the accelerator. So combination made it work.
And Priyanka, I want to turn to you because you said that you grew up with parents who were relatively( 相对地) progressive(进步的) in the sense that they treated you and your brother. You said equally or relatively equally. But I was really struck(打) because your father had a professional career, but your mother did as well. She was a double MD. She spoke, she speaks eight languages. Am I right?
Eight languages. My mother is a full overachiever. I mean, that, that is an overachiever. I mean, I can't even like think of eight languages here on the spot to name. She has a, I don't know if that, yeah, that doesn't, what that says about me, but, but, you know, she has a business and the like.