Nooyi, Kochhar among most powerful biz women

Pepsico chief Indra Nooyi has been named as the most powerful woman in corporate America by the Fortune magazine, while four other Indian women including ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar have made the cut in the list of female business honchos outside the US.

Nooyi, chairman and CEO of beverages major Pepsico, has topped the list of 50 Most Powerful Women in US for the fifth time. In the latest ranking, Nooyi is followed by Kraft Foods' chief Irene Rosenfeld at the second spot and Archer Daniels Midland's boss Patricia Woertz at the third place.

Others in the top ten include WellPoint's Angela Braly (4th), Avon Products' Andrea Jung (5th), media personality Oprah Winfrey (6th rank), Xerox chief Ursula Burns (9) and Yahoo!'s head Carol Bartz (10).

"It was a year of expansion for this elite group.

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