Top 10 highest-paid Indian employees in 2019-2020

Leading a company while generating a higher amount of profits is not a piece of cake. It takes all the pain and hard work to make the highest profits. As for the hard work, so is the salary. India is developing way too higher in terms of employment and profit generation. As a result, the employees especially the CEOs are being remunerated enormously. Let’s have a look at the top ten highest-paid employees of India.

11.Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (one of the highest-paid employees); the richest person in Asia, is the President, Managing Director, and the largest shareholder in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) with a 44.7% stake in the company. His net worth is estimated at $ 56.1 billion. Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia, received a salary of Rs. 15 crores for the fiscal year 2019-2020, has consistently maintained the title of the richest person in India.

10. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar

The President and CEO of India Tobacco Company (ITC), Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, is the oldest CEO in India and received almost three times his company's second-highest salary in 2011.  For the fiscal year 2019- 2020, his salary is Rs.  21 crores.


9. Kumar Mangalam Birla
One of the most important and highest-paid employees, he advocates of the Indian Industrial Revolution, Kumar Mangalam Birla is the President of the Aditya Birla Group and Advisor to the Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Birla became president in 1995 when he was 28 years old. His salary for the fiscal year 2019-2020 is Rs. 22.5 crores.

8. Guenter Butschek

Guenter Butschek was appointed CEO of Tata Motors worldwide after two years of comprehensive research with a proposed annual package of Rs 28-29 crores per year. He is also known as among the highest-paid employees in India. However, for the fiscal year 2019-2020, Guenter took home only Rs. 22.5 crores as salary.

7. Rahul Bajaj

A student at Harvard Business School, Rahul Bajaj took over the Bajaj Group in 1965 and is currently Chairman of the Group. For the fiscal year 2019-2020, he received a salary of Rs. 25.59 crores. He is also one of the billionaires in the world with a net worth of $ 2.4 billion.

6. Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, one of Tata's youngest CEO, took office in 2009. He spent his entire career at Tata Consulting Services and led the company to generate consolidated revenues of $ 16.5 billion in 2015-2016. As compensation for his services, with a salary of Rs. 25.9 crore in 2020