Are you curious to know who has the highest salary in India? So today we are going to tell you the salary of the top 15 CEOs of India whose annual income is more than we can imagine:
India’s Top 15 Highest Paid CEO
- C Vijayakumar: C Vijayakumar is the CEO & Managing Director of HCLTech which is a popular global technology company. He was appointed CEO of HCL company in October 2016 and in July 2021 he was appointed Managing Director of this company. Vijaykumar takes a salary of Rs 130 crore every year from HCL company.
- Pawan Munjal: Pawan Munjal is an Indian businessman, Managing director, CEO and chairman of the Hero Motocorp company Which is the largest manufacturing company of Two-wheeler bikes and scooters in the world. Hero company gives him 84 crore rupees as annual salary which will increase to 109 crore rupees in May 2024.
- Thierry Delaporte: Thierry Delaporte former CEO and managing director of Wipro. He earned over $20 million (about Rs 166 crore) in FY 2024. This made him the highest-paid CEO in the IT industry for the second consecutive year.
- Salil Parekh: Salil Parekh is the current CEO or managing director of Infosys. He graduated from IIT Bombay in Aeronautical Engineering. Parekh received an annual salary of 71 crore which makes him the highest-paid CEO in India.
- Natarajan Chandrasekaran: Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the chairman of Tata Sons, the umbrella company overseeing over 100 Tata companies. These companies together earn more than $100 billion each year. He became a member of the Tata Sons board in October 2016 and was appointed chairman in January 2017. Before this, he was the CEO of Tata Consultancy. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran receives an annual salary of 113 Crores.
- CP Gurnani: CP Gurnani is an Indian businessman. He was the Managing Director and CEO of Tech Mahindra. He resigned from this post on December 20, 2023. He was also elected President of the National Association of Software and Services Companies in 2016-17. Tech Mahindra chief executive CP Gurnani anually earned 63.5 croce as salary.
- Naveen Jindal: Naveen Jindal is biggest names in the Highest paid ceo’s. He receive the salary of 73 croces anually. Naveen jindal who is Chairman of Jindal Steel & Power and the current Member of Parliament. He is also a chancellor of the o.p jindal global university.
- Rajiv Bajaj: Rajiv Bajaj is paid a total salary of ₹53.75 crores. Rajiv Bajaj is an Indian businessman who has been the managing director of Bajaj Auto since 2005. He played a key role in turning the company around by launching the Pulsar motorcycles which became very popular. India Today magazine listed him as the 42nd most powerful person in India in 2017.
- Dr. Om Manchanda: As the CEO of Dr Lal PathLabs, he received Rs 33 crore as salary. Dr. Om Manchanda is the CEO & Director of Dr.lal pathlabs. Dr. Manchanda who is 56 years old Managing Director and Director of Dr. Lal PathLabs since 2020. Dr. Lal PathLabs is a company that provides healthcare tests and services, both in India and abroad. The company is located in New Delhi and offers tests on blood, urine, and other parts of the human body.
- Ajay Srinivasan: Ajay Srinivasan is a highly experienced leader in the financial services industry, with over 30 years of work in Asia and India. He spent most of his career as a CEO. He began his journey with ICICI and was the first CEO of the joint venture between ICICI and Prudential in the asset management sector. When he was the CEO of Aditya Birla Capital, he used to earn around Rs 28 crore annually.
- Saugata Gupta: Saugata Gupta is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Marico Limited. He began working at Marico in 2004 as the Head of Marketing. He became the CEO of the India business in 2007, and in 2014, he assumed the role of Managing Director for the entire company. Saugata Gupta saw 6% decline in his salary. He receive 36 croces rupees anually.
- Rajesh Gopinathan: According to TCS financial report Gopinathan received Rs 25.75 crore annual salary FY22. Rajesh Gopinathan used to be the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services, a large IT services and consulting company in India. It is one of the largest employers in the country. He became the CEO in February 2017 after serving as the Chief Financial Officer since 2013.
- Sanjiv bajaj: Sanjiv Bajaj who is an indian businesman who is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv. The company grew significantly during his tenure. As the Managing Director and CEO of Bajaj Holdings & Investment, he was paid a salary of 20 Crore annually
- Vivek Gambhir: Vivek Gambhir is the CEO and key leader of Boat Lifestyle Company. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Science. Earlier, he has been Managing Director & CEO, Godrej Consumer Products Limited. He gets an annual salary of more than Rs 20 crore.
- SN Subrahmanyan: L&T Chairman and Managing Director SN Subrahmanyan gets total salary of Rs 51 crore in FY23-24. Sekharipuram Narayanan Subrahmanyan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro. He became the head of the company on July 1, 2017, taking over from Anil Manibhai Naik.