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Technology has become a critical component of every business, economy, and
daily life in today's world when digital dependency is at its peak. The CEO is
the company leader who leads it and is the highest-ranking executive in that firm.
Leaders are a
crucial part of any organization who manages to take that organization to new
heights and create a healthy and progressive workstyle among other colleagues.
Sometimes these leaders inspire millions worldwide. As Warren Bennis said, "Leadership
is the capacity to translate vision into reality."
Here are the
Top Indian IT companies, their CEO, and how much their organizations pay them.
The Top IT company's rank is based on its market capital and revenue.
So here are the highest-paid CEO of top IT companies in India.
Top
Indian IT company's CEO and their salaries -
· Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO of TCS
· Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys
· C Vijaykumar, CEO of HCL Technologies
· Thierry Delaporte, CEO of Wipro Ltd
· C P Gurnani, CEO of Tech Mahindra
· Debashis Chatterjee, CEO of LTIMindtree
· Nitin Rakesh, CEO of Mphasis Ltd
· R Srikrishna, CEO of Hexaware Technologies Ltd
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1.
Rajesh Gopinathan
Rajesh
Gopinathan is one of the Top Indian IT companies CEO as he is the CEO and MD of
the largest IT company Tata Consultancy Services. He is elevated to the
position of Chief Executive Officer in February 2017. Under Gopinathan's
leadership, TCS's market capital crossed 100 billion in 2018 and making it the most
valuable Indian IT company.
In the
Fiscal 20-21, Gopinathan took home pay of Rs. 20.36 crore, which includes Rs.
1.27 crore in salary, Rs. 2.09 crore in benefits, gratuities, and allowances, and Rs 17
crore in commission.
Company –
TCS
Position – CEO
and MD.
Education – BE,
PGDM
Salary – Rs.
25.77 crores (2022)
2.
Salil Parekh
Salil Parekh
is the CEO of India's second-largest IT company and one of the Top Indian IT
companies CEO. Parekh took the responsibilities of CEO and Managing Director at Infosys
in 2015 and was in charge of overseeing a business cluster comprising
Application Services and Cloud Infrastructure Services.
Parekh's pay
package for the FY 2019-20 was Rs. 34.27 crores which included Rs. 16.85 crores
in salary, Rs. 17.04 crore in stock options, and Rs. 38 lakhs as others.
Company –
Infosys
Position –
CEO and MD.
Education –
Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering, Masters in computer science and
mechanical engineering
Salary – Rs. 79.8 crores (2022)
3.
C Vijaykumar
C Vijaykumar
is one of the top Indian IT company's CEO and is President and CEO of HCL
Technologies. He joined HCL Technologies in 1994 as a senior technical engineer
and is recognized as the pioneer of Remote Infrastructure Management
Proposition, a multibillion-dollar business area for the IT industry.
C Vijaykumar
took home pay of Rs. 27.94 crores, a 15.6 percent drop from the Rs. 33.13 crores
he got in FY 2018.
Company –
HCL Technologies
Position –
President and CEO
Education –
BE.
Salary – Rs. 123.1 crores (2022)
4.
Thierry Delaporte
Thierry
Delaporte is the CEO of Indian IT major Wipro and one of the top Indian IT
companies CEO. Delaporte succeeded Abidali Neemuchwala as CEO in July 2020.
For the Financial Year 2020-21, Delaporte earned an annual salary compensation of ₹64.3 crores ($8.7 million), though it was for nine months since he joined in July 2020.
Company –
Wipro
Position –
CEO
Education – Graduate
in Political science, Masters in Law
Salary – Rs. 79.8 crores (2022)
5.
C P Gurnani
Chander
Prakash Gurnani is the CEO and Managing Director of Indian IT firm Tech
Mahindra and one of the top Indian IT companies CEO. He was also chairman of Nasscom in 2016.
In the financial
year 2020, Gurnani's base salary was Rs. 2.79 crore and stock options were worth Rs. 25
crore.
Company –
Tech Mahindra
Position –
CEO and MD.
Education –
Graduate in Chemical Engineering
Salary – Rs. 63.4 crores (2022)
6. Debashis Chatterjee
Debashis Chatterjee is the MD and CEO of LTIMindtree and one of the top Indian IT company's CEO. LTIMindtree is an Indian IT and outsourcing company based in Bengaluru and part of the L&T group.
Before joining LTIMindtree, Chatterjee worked with IBM, TCS, Mahindra, and Mahindra. His annual salary for 2020 was Rs.7.5 crore.
Company – LTIMindtree
Position – CEO and MD.
Education – Graduate in Mechanical engineering.
Salary – Rs. 7.5 crore (2020)
7.
Nitin Rakesh
Nitin Rakesh
is CEO and director of Mphasis Ltd, a Bengaluru-based I.T. services company,
and he is one of the top Indian IT companies CEO. Rakesh has previously worked
as CEO of Syntel and CEO and MD of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Ltd.
Company – Mphasis
Ltd.
Position –
CEO and Director
Education –
Graduate in Computer Engineering, Masters in Management
Salary – Rs. 35.1 crores (2022)
8.
9.
R Srikrishna
Srikrishna
Ramakarthikeyan or R Srikrishna is the CEO & Non-Independent Executive
Director at Hexaware Technologies Ltd and one of the top Indian IT companies
CEO. Previously, he worked with HCL technologies as Vice President of Infrastructure
& Healthcare services sales.
R Srikrishna
took a salary of Rs. 5.36 crore, which includes Rs. 37.3 lakhs salary and Rs.
4.98 crores as a bonus in FY 2018.
Company – Hexaware
Technologies
Position –
CEO
Education – BE,
MBA
Salary – Rs.
6.1 Crore (2020)
Sapnesh Lalla
Sapnesh
Lalla is the CEO of NIIT Ltd, a Noida-based IT company, and one of the top IT
companies CEO. Last year, NIIT was rebranded as Coforge.
Sapnesh
Lalla's annual salary for the fiscal year 2020 was nearly Rs.1.5 crore with
benefits.
Company – Coforge
Ltd
Position –
CEO
Education – Graduate
in Electronics and Communications engineering.
Salary – Rs.
1.5 crore (2020)
