Pepsi CEO Dodges Question From Analyst’s Kid on Earnings Call

PepsiCo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ramon Laguarta is used to getting asked about the impact of blockbuster weight-loss drugs on his food company’s business, but the questions aren’t usually coming from a 13-year-old.

“So what do you think about the launch of GLP-1 oral medications coming to market next year?” asked Milena Gajrawala, the teenage daughter of Jefferies analyst Kaumil Gajrawala.

Milena had accompanied her father to the office on Thursday as part of Jefferies’ “Take A Child to Work Day.” She joined the PepsiCo earnings call because the financial firm’s activities hadn’t kicked off yet. She came up ...