10 Highest Paid CEO’s In India

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We did an article on highest paid CEO’s in the World some days ago. This is our next series about 10 highest paid CEO’s in India.

India is one of the fastest growing developing nations in the world. There are a lot of factors behind it including the fast industrial development, changing business climate, job creation, increase in FDI etc. And, it is becoming increasingly challenging for a business to grow especially with a lot of competition coming in.

Having said that, there are a lot of  big companies paying great pay packages to their top people to ensure that the business continues to be profitable in this fast changing environment.

Here is a list of 10 India CEO’s whose pay packages are the highest.

1. Kalanithi Maran (Annual Salary – Rs 56.25 crore/ $9.4 Mn) 
Chairman of the most profitable television network in Asia, Kalanithi Maran acquired SpiceJet, the most profitable airline in India.

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2. Kavery Kalanithi (Annual Salary – Rs 56.24 crore/ $9.3 Mn)
Executive Director of Sun TV Network and wife of Kalanidhi Maran, she is the second highest paid executive on our list.

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3. Naveen Jindal (Annual Salary – Rs 54.98 crore/ $9.1 Mn)
Chairman, Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Naveen Jindal is also a Member of Parliament from the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana.

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4. Kumar Mangalam Birla (Annual Salary – Rs 49.62 crore/ $8.2 Mn) 
Kumar Mangalam Birla took over as Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group in 1995 at the age of 28 years after the untimely demise of his father.

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5. Pawan Munjal (Annual Salary – Rs 32.80 crore/ $5.4 Mn)
Managing Director, CEO of Hero Moto Corp, Pawan Munjal has been responsible for growth, strategic planning of the entire group.

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6. Brijmohan Lall Munjal (Annual Salary – Rs 32.73 crore/ $5.4 Mn)
Founder Director, Chairman of the $32 billion Hero Group, Brijmohan Lall Munjal was also the president of Confederation of Indian Industries, Society of Automobile Manufacturers in the past. He was also a member of the board of Reserve Bank of India.

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7. Sunil Kant Munjal (Annual Salary – Rs 31.51 crore/ $5.2 Mn) 
Joint Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp, he was appointed on the board of directors of the company in 2006 as a non-executive director of the company.

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8. P R Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha (Annual Salary – Rs 30.96 crore / $5.1 Mn)
Chairman and MD, Ramco Cement, formerly known as Madras Cement. The company is engaged in cement, wind power generation, dry mortar.

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9. Shinzo Nakanishi  (Annual Salary – Rs 30.90 crore/ $5 Mn) 
Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki, Shinzo Nakanishi has been at the helm since 2007. Along with this, Shinzo Nakanishi is also the Senior Managing Executive officer and Executive General Manager of Suzuki Motor Corporation.

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10. Murali K Divi (Annual Salary – Rs 26.46 crore/ $4.4 Mn)
Chairman and Managing Director, Divi’s Laboratories, Dr Murali K Divi holds a doctorate in Pharmaceutical sciences from Kakatiya University, Warangal.

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Article Source – business-standard

All images sourced from business-standard unless specified.

 

 

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