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Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
being represented in everything we do and every activity
across our company. That’s the way we see value for us in
winning in the marketplace. So we don’t see this as a nice
thing to do, which we also do, because our values tell us
that. But we’ve seen as business leaders the ways diversity
can make us a more competitive company, help us win in
the marketplace, and make us preferred by consumers
and customers in every market that we serve.
“I always look from the mentality of
how can I enable people to be the
best they can be. How do we set
the culture, the infrastructure, the
elements that allow people to be
their best. And this is making PepsiCo
better and it’s also making each one
of our leaders more human.”
Finally Ramon, share your personal perspective.
This is a passion of mine and it ties to my upbringing. I
grew up in a humble family in Spain, in difficult economic
circumstances. I saw how I was given opportunities
by society to be able to progress and eventually make
a difference. Today, I have a profession that fills me up
where I’m excited everyday to work.
I always look from the mentality of how can I enable
people to be the best they can be. How do we set the
culture, the infrastructure, the elements that allow
people to be their best? This is making PepsiCo better,
and it’s also making each one of our leaders more human.
Sometimes it’s lost in society. One of my ambitions is to
make PepsiCo a very human-centric company that values
the individuals versus just the money that we can make.
Ramon Laguarta, a 25-year PepsiCo veteran,
is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. He has begun
pivoting the company toward accelerated
growth, embracing a new corporate mission,
and adopting a new vision that captures
PepsiCo’s competitive spirit, intense focus, and
shared values. Under Ramon’s leadership,
the company is also adopting new leadership
behaviors that are focused on driving high
performance and building competitive
advantage.
Ramon has held the roles of President of
PepsiCo, CEO of the sector formerly known as
Europe Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA), a number
of international roles at Chupa Chups, S.A. In
addition to being a member of the PepsiCo Board
of Directors, Ramon also currently serves as a
director of Visa Inc. He also currently serves as
the Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s
Board of Stewards for the Food Systems Initiative.
Ramon is a native of Barcelona and holds an
MBA from ESADE Business School in Spain
and a Master’s in International Management
(M.M.) from Thunderbird School of Global
Management. He and his wife, Maria, are the
proud parents of three sons.
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