Hult International Business School Names Indra Nooyi and Tim Brown as 2024 Hult Honorary Doctorate Degree Recipients
07 Mayo 2024 - 1:18PM
Business Wire
Two of the most impactful leaders in business will be awarded
Honorary Doctorate Degrees in 2024 by Hult International Business
School. Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, and Tim Brown, chair of
IDEO and design thinking innovator, have been named this year’s
recipients based on each leader’s outsized impact in their
respective industries, as well as their commitment to innovation
and purpose-driven leadership.
“As a lifelong proponent of the importance of education, I am
thrilled to be named a recipient of this year’s Honorary Doctorate
Degree from Hult International Business School, said Indra Nooyi,
former CEO of PepsiCo.
“Having spent a career in business where I saw first-hand the
impact of things like collaboration, innovation, learning by doing,
shared purpose, and diversity of thought and perspectives—many of
the things that Hult teaches as part of its curriculum—I am
optimistic that students learning these skills today will become
our strong, globally focused leaders of tomorrow. Thank you for
this honor.”
Nooyi ran PepsiCo, Inc. for more than two decades, serving as
chair and CEO of the company from 2006 to 2018. She has
consistently been named as one of the world’s most powerful people
by Forbes, Fortune, and Time magazine. While at PepsiCo, Nooyi also
led the Performance with a Purpose strategy, which prioritized
environmental and societal needs alongside financial and
organizational growth.
Tim Brown is chair of IDEO, the global firm that has led the
industry in design innovation and design thinking since its
founding in 1991. Brown served as CEO at IDEO from 2000 to 2019. An
industrial designer by training, Brown is author of the
groundbreaking book Change by Design and speaks globally on topics
related to design collectivism, innovation, and creative
competitiveness. His work has been exhibited at galleries
worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
“Thank you to Hult for inviting me to accept this degree and, in
doing so, become part of the Hult family, said Tim Brown, chair of
IDEO.
“Applying design thinking, creativity, and innovation to
business environments is my passion—and I am excited to align with
an organization that brings that same amount of passion to
education and teaching. We also share a global mindset and a focus
on problem solving through ‘doing.’ I’m honored to be associated
with a school that values these attributes and sees them as a path
to success for today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders.”
The Hult Honorary Doctorate Degree is given each year to
individuals who embody Hult’s mission of making an impact that
matters and inspiring others to do the same. In 2023, inaugural
recipients of the degree included former Unilever CEO and
sustainability pioneer Paul Polman and technology innovator,
entrepreneur, and AI futurist Azeem Azhar.
Indra Nooyi and Tim Brown will accept this year’s awards during
Hult global graduation ceremonies in August 2024.
“For the second year, we are proud to award individuals who
exemplify what we teach at Hult and what we believe to be true:
that business leadership requires not just intelligence and vision,
but also the desire to use business as a platform to make the world
a better place, said Matt Lilley, President at Hult International
Business School.
“Both Indra and Tim have proven throughout their impressive
careers that you can balance profit with purpose and inspire others
by being authentic leaders who change the way things are done. I’m
excited to bestow our Honorary Doctorate Degree to each of them at
Hult’s graduation ceremonies this summer.”
About Hult International Business School Hult is a
business school for those “made to do” and strives to create a
better future for all by inspiring and challenging its community to
make an impact that matters. Degree programs include undergraduate,
graduate, and doctorate, with a global campus network spanning
three continents. Hult is recognized by top international
accrediting bodies including the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and
The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).
Learn more by visiting www.hult.edu.
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Erin Brown, Global PR Director Hult International Business
School Erin.brown@hult.edu