Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi Explains Why She Thinks Successful Women Can't Have It All

PepsiCo CEO Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi to the average eye looks successful and happy being a mom, wife and daughter, but she has come out and revealed all is not like it seems.

She sat down with Atlantic owner David Bradley, who asked her how she seems to be able to maintain a healthy family life and a great career.

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Q. What's your opinion about whether women can have it all?

A: I don't think women can have it all. I just don't think so. We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all. My husband and I have been married for 34 years. And we have two daughters. And every day you have to make a decision about whether you are going to be a wife or a mother, in fact many times during the day you have to make those decisions.

And you have to co-opt a lot of people to help you. We co-opted our families to help us. We plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents. But if you ask our daughters, I'm not sure they will say that I've been a good mom. I'm not sure. And I try all kinds of coping mechanisms.

My observation, David, is that the biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other. Total, complete conflict. When you have to have kids you have to build your career. Just as you're rising to middle management your kids need you because they're teenagers, they need you for the teenage years.

And that's the time your husband becomes a teenager too, so he needs you (laughing). They need you too. What do you do? And as you grow even more, your parents need you because they're aging. So we're screwed. We have no... We cannot have it all.

The person who hurts the most through this whole thing is your spouse. There's no question about it.

Noori has been ranked among the World's 100 most powerful women and this year occupies 13th position in the prestigious list.

Source: Legit.ng