PepsiCo is a global food and beverage corporation founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay. Headquartered in the United States and operating in more than 200 countries, the company reported nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024 and employs over 200,000 people worldwide. Its portfolio includes 23 billion-dollar brands - among them Pepsi-Cola, Lay's, Doritos, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream - with products consumed more than one billion times daily.
The company operates across the full consumer goods value chain, spanning agricultural sourcing and farmer partnerships, product research and development, manufacturing, global supply chain and distribution, and brand management. It works directly with farmers to source ingredients and runs dedicated R&D programmes to adapt its product range to shifting consumer preferences.
PepsiCo is pursuing a company-wide sustainability and transformation agenda under the name PepsiCo Positive (pep+), which it describes as an end-to-end programme embedding sustainability and human capital development into core operations. The stated ambition is to operate within planetary boundaries while continuing to generate growth - a target the company has set for 2030.
Roles at PepsiCo span a wide range of functions, including sustainability strategy, supply chain, manufacturing operations, marketing, R&D, and people and culture. The company operates at a scale that cuts across factory-floor positions and global headquarters roles alike, across a broad set of geographies and business units.
