Aditya Puri highest paid banker for FY20 with Rs 18.92 cr in remuneration

The banker, who is set to retire in this October on turning 70, had earned Rs 42.20 crore by exercising stock options in 2018-19

HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri has emerged as the highest paid banker among the top lenders for FY 2019-20, with a 38 per cent jump in salary and perquisites to Rs 18.92 crore.

Puri, who built the bank into the largest by assets in the private sector and also the most valued one by investors over the past 25 years, earned an additional Rs 161.56 crore by exercising stock options during the year, the bank's annual report said.

The banker, who is set to retire in October this year on attaining the age of 70, had earned Rs 42.20