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Seven out of  the ten highest paid  CEOs in India  are from the  IT sector: Know their salaries 

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 Once again, the IT  industry tops  the list of highest paid CEOs  in  the country, with  CEOs  and  senior  executives  enjoying sky-high  salaries. 

  After  the salaries of founders  Zerodha  Nikhil and Nithin  Kamath were made  public  along  with the  company’s profile,  the debate started  about  the high  salaries of  top positions in IT  and  startups.  The IT sector once again  tops  the list of CEOs  offering  the highest  salaries in  India.  

 According to data  collected  by The Economic Times, seven out of the  ten highest paid  CEOs in India  are from  the IT sector. The salaries of these top CEOs  range  from  $29  to  $82  per  year, according to  ET  Analytics data.  An analysis of  500 companies listed on  the Bombay Stock Exchange  shows  that the  highest paid  CEOs in the country  are  Thierry Delaporte of Wipro, Sandeep Kalra of Persistent Systems, Nitin Rakesh of  Mphacation,  Salil Parekh of Infosys, Sudhir Singh of Coforge,  C.P.  CEO  out  of Tech Mahindra, and Rajesh Gopinathan, former CEO of TCS. 

  Wipro’s Thierry Delaporte has been ranked as  India’s highest paid  CEO  in the IT sector, with a salary of over  $80.  Meanwhile, former TCS CEO Rajesh Gopinath  said  a salary of  29 crores  this year. 

  Additionally,  HCL Technologies CEO and MD C Vijayakumar  is  the eleventh  highest paid  CEO in India, reporting an annual salary of  $28  in FY23.  In  other  fields,  they compete in the global market.  Zerodha  founder Kamath’s  salary revealed 

 Zerodha founders and directors Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath  have become  the highest-paid CEOs of  an Indian startup, bringing  in  an annual salary of  $72. Second  on the list  is  Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal, with an annual salary of  12 crores $.  

 However, Nithin Kamath  has  explained in the past that the high salaries of  senior managers  and executives  do  not actually  constitute  the  salaries received by individuals. Since almost  half of  this amount is spent on  taxes, the  salary  value  is  set high to reduce the risk of  loss when  the  company is liquidated.  

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