Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella to Shantanu Narayen, let’s delve into the staggering salary package of some of the top Indian-origin CEOs.
Salaries of top Indian-origin CEOs: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella will receive a paycheck of USD 79.106 million (approx.. Rs 665.15 crore) this year, as revealed in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on October 24. After the announcement of Nadella’s staggering salary, people are eager to know which Indian-origin leader earns the highest salary in the world. Indian-origin leaders like Satya Nadella, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, IBM’s Arvind Krishna, and Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra frequently make headlines regarding their hefty salaries. Here are the salary details of the top Indian-origin CEOs.
Sundar Pichai
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who is a role model for thousands of youngsters, is currently receiving the highest salary – Rs 1,846 crore. His salary is nearly three times more than Satya Nadella.
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella will receive USD 79.106 million paycheck in 2024. Notably, this will be his second-largest salary since joining Microsoft. In 2014, he was paid USD 84 million. Last year, he was paid USD 48.5 million (approx. Rs 408 crore). As per regulatory filings, Nadella voluntarily reduced his salary by Rs 42 crore so that other executives could receive higher bonuses.
Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe. He joined the company in 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of the engineering technology group. He also worked in tech giants such as Apple and Silicon Graphics. He receives an annual salary of Rs 300 crore.
Sanjay Mehrotra
Sanjay Mehrotra was one of the co-founders of SanDisk. He served as the company’s CEO until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016. He is the CEO of Micron Technology and has a significant package, with an annual salary of Rs 206 crore.
Arvind Krishna
Arvind Krishna is currently serving as CEO of IBM. He joined the company in 1990. After holding numerous technical and executive positions, Krishna became the CEO of the company in 2020. Krishna ranks fifth with a salary of Rs 165 crore.
Earnings from Shares
It is worth noting that the CEOs of tech giant companies receive shares as part of their pay. It means that these CEOs see a major hike in their earnings when their company’s stock price goes up. For instance, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s earnings from shares jumped from USD 39 million (approx. Rs 328 crore) last year to USD 71 million (Rs 597 crore) this year.
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