Sun TV's promoters Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kavery Kalanithi Maran continued to be the highest paid executives in the country in 2019-20. The couple took Rs 175 crore in 2019-20.
Kalanithi Maran, who founded the company in 1993, is the executive chairman of Sun TV, while his wife Kavery Kalanithi is the executive director. The couple took a salary of Rs 13.87 crore and Rs 73.63 crore as ex-gratia/ bonus each in 2019-20, aggregating to Rs 87.50 crore each.
The owners had decided to keep their salaries at the current level three years ago.
Mukesh Ambani kept his annual