17 min

017: CHANGE - Derek Lewis, President of PepsiCo Multicultural Business and Equity Development Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell

    • Entrepreneurship

The first African American PepsiCo employees were hired in the 1940s. Maryann Bond and Allen McKellar, Jr. were hired by PepsiCo's CEO Walter S. Mack to market Pepsi Cola to African American communities. In 2021, Derek Lewis was promoted from within the ranks of PepsiCo to President of Multicultural Business and Equity Development for PepsiCo Beverages North America. A Pepsi tradition of corporate social responsibility results in bottom line results nearly 100 years later.&n...

The first African American PepsiCo employees were hired in the 1940s. Maryann Bond and Allen McKellar, Jr. were hired by PepsiCo's CEO Walter S. Mack to market Pepsi Cola to African American communities. In 2021, Derek Lewis was promoted from within the ranks of PepsiCo to President of Multicultural Business and Equity Development for PepsiCo Beverages North America. A Pepsi tradition of corporate social responsibility results in bottom line results nearly 100 years later.&n...

17 min