CEO Pay

According to the CEO Compensation Report 2025, CEOs in the manufacturing industry remain among the highest-paid; MNCs provide more generous executive compensation than Indian-owned firms

The median remuneration for key managerial personnel (KMP) rose 7.7 per cent to ₹1.85 crore, with one executive listed under this category

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja earned $139 million in 2024, surpassing paychecks of top CEOs like Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, marking the highest CFO compensation in decades

In February, BlackRock said it was awarding Fink, 72, additional pay perks known as carried interest tied to its push into private markets

Tan has also agreed to buy $25 million in Intel shares in the first 30 days of taking the job

The analysis examined top executive pay for 110 firms within the Nifty 200 with available data since FY19, comparing it to the median pay of employees

The highest-paid British CEO was Pascal Soriot of drugmaker AstraZeneca,

Coforge CEO Sudhir Singh's annual remuneration in FY24 stood at Rs 105.12 crore, positioning him at the second spot after Wipro's former CEO Thierry Delaporte

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met defence major Lockheed Martin's CEO Jim Taiclet and lauded its commitment to "Make in India, Make for World". The meeting took place on Thursday. "CEO of @LockheedMartin, Jim Taiclet met Prime Minister @narendramodi. Lockheed Martin is a key partner in India-US Aerospace and Defence Industrial cooperation. We welcome its commitment towards realising the vision of 'Make in India, Make for the World'," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a post on X. Sharing pictures of the meeting on X, Lockheed Martin in a post said, "CEO Jim Taiclet joined Hon'ble @narendramodi. As a trusted partner of over three decades, we recognize the promising talent and capabilities of the local industry and remain committed to strengthening the defense and industrial ties between our two nations.

Venkata Narayana K became CEO of Prestige Estates in August 2017, following his tenure as chief financial officer and company secretary

Cognizant's filing with Nasdaq mentioned the CEO's performance stock units (PSUs) and restricted stock units (RSUs)

Blackstone slowed its pace of cashing out of deals last year, as would-be buyers stayed on the sidelines and high interest rates curbed valuations

As demonstrated by Mr Musk's soaring salary package plan, the process for securing approval for CEO compensations is deeply flawed, whether in India or the US

Palo Alto Networks handed Arora a $125 million stock and options compensation package when he was hired in 2018

Gurnani earned Rs 25.6 crore in employee stock options (Esops) during FY23, a decrease of 56.46% from the previous year's earnings

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International Labour Day: Workers in India, the US, the UK and South Africa worked six days for free in 2022 due to inflation-wage mismatch, says Oxfam

Moreover, a user on Twitter shared a screenshot of the story in which the CEO responded to the question

Median employees in most sectors earn less than Rs 10 lakh per annum

Narasimhan holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, University of Pune, India