This Is The List Of The Highest-Paid Tech CEOs In India

Saanvi Araav - Sep 04, 2019

Here are the top five highest-paid CEOs in tech in India. Check out our list to see how much they earn each year.

We all know that technology is an high-paid industry. But to get an idea of how much one could earn in this industry, let's have a look with us on five highest-paid tech CEOs in the country.

Rajesh Gopinathan

Salary: 16 crore Rupees annually

Company name: Tata Consultancy Services

Born in 1971, he is the Managing Director and CEO of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services ) - a global IT company. He is among the youngest Tata Group's CEOs. Rajesh also holds 2,260 shares of TCS, as on March this year. He completed his high school years in St. Francis' College. Then went on to get his degree from Regional Engineering College in Tiruchirappalli. He started to work as Chief Financial Officer since 2013, later got promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2017.

C.P. Gurnani

Salary: 22.3 crore Rupees annually

Company name: Tech Mahindra

He was born in a small city in Madhya Pradesh names Neemuch. He spent his early years in Kota and Rajasthan. Gurnani got a Chemical Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology. Now people know him as ‘Corporate Leader of the Year' at the I-ACE Awards. Currently, he is holding a 0.7 percent stake of Tech Mahindra. During his 32 years career, he held many leading positions with HCL Corporation Ltd; Perot Systems (India) Limited; and HCL Hewlett Packard Limited.

Salil Parekh

Salary: 24.67 crore Rupees annually

Company name: Infosys Limited

He is an engineering postgraduate. Salil Parekh is the MD and CEO of Infosys with 31 years experience in the industry under his belt. He held the position of Director General at Capgemini before leaving it for Infosys.

Abidali Neemuchwala

Salary: 27.32 crore Rupees annually

Company name: Wipro Limited

He has been a part of Wipro ever since back in 2015 and got to the position of CEO in 2016. He is graduated from the IIT Bombay.

C. Vijaykumar

Salary: 27.94 Rupees annually

Company name: HCL Technologies

Also known with the title of ‘Horses for Sources’ in the company. He joined HCL Technologies way back in 1994 and currently is the CEO and President of this company.