Wipro’s Managing Director, Thierry Delaporte is the highest-paid CEO in India. As per data reported in March 2023, the 56-year-old took home ₹82.4 crore for FY23 (April 2022-March 2023). An increase of around 3.3% from the ₹79.8 crore salary he received in FY2022.
Sandeep Kalra who is the Executive Director & CEO of Persistent Systems made ₹61.7 crore during the last financial year. His salary saw an increase of around 31% from the ₹46.9 crore he took home in FY22.
The IT services giant’s head honcho made ₹59.2 crore in FY23. As per the company’s disclosure, Rakesh’s salary went up 68.4% from the ₹35.1 crore he made in FY22. The Harvard alum joined the company as CEO in 2017.
The head of the country’s second-biggest IT company made 56.45 crores in FY23, marking a 23% slump from the ₹71 crore salary he took home in FY22. The 59-year-old IIT alum joined the company in 2018 as CEO.
Tejas Network, a subsidiary of the Tata Group is helmed by Sanjay Nayak. Nayak took home a total of 52.3 crore last financial year, a massive 1858.8% increase from the 2.7 crore salary he received in FY22.
Effectively the first non-tech entry in this list is the head honcho of Bajaj Auto, Rajiv Bajaj. His salary for the financial year stood at ₹47.6 crore, a year-on-year increase of around 4.5%.
Gracing the seventh position on this list is the CEO and Managing Director of construction giant Larsen & Toubro. In FY23, Subrahmanyan took home a sweet 35.67 crore.
Sudhir Singh, Executive Director and CEO of IT firm Coforge drew ₹33.94 crore as salary for FY23. This is a 51% increase from the ₹22.3 crore salary he drew in FY22. He was appointed CEO in 2020.