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Infosys drops $20-billion revenue target: Is this why Sikka's salary fell?

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka took home $6.7 mn in FY17 as against the contracted $11 mn

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Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka addressing a press conference to announce the annual financial results of the company, at its headquarters in Bengaluru (Photo: PTI)

Ayan Pramanik Bengaluru
Infosys, India’s second-largest information technology (IT) services firm, seems to have dropped its ambitious target of increasing its revenue to $20 billion by 2020, as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Vishal Sikka, struggles to grow the business faster.

The company had set itself a long-term goal of $20 billion in revenue, 30 per cent operating margin and $80,000 revenue per employee by March 2021. Sikka’s compensation of $11 million was linked to this long-term goal. 

Two former senior executives of Infosys said the company’s 2016-17 annual reports have not mentioned anything about the $20-billion revenue target, while two previous annual reports clearly