I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.

PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.

Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.

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