Two Indian-origin leaders among top 10 highest-paid S&P 500 CEOs

Updated: Oct 21st, 2024


Two Indian-origin Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are listed in the top 10 of the world’s highest-paid CEOs of S&P 500 Companies.

As per the survey, Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto Networks Inc has been listed in the top 10 of the list with an income of $151,425,203 i.e. ₹12,73,05,13,668 (1,273.05 crore).

Another Indian-origin CEO in the top 10 include Satya Nadella of Microsoft Corp with an income of $48,512,537 i.e. ₹4,07,85,12,051 (₹407.85 crore)

Other Indian-origin CEOs on the list are Ravi Kumar of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp and Shantanu Narayen of Adobe Inc.

Over the past decade, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies has surged by over $4 million, with the average CEO earning $17.7 million in 2023.

In contrast, the typical US worker saw a much smaller wage increase of $18,240 during the same period, bringing the average annual salary to $65,470 in 2023.

Top 10 highest-paid CEOs at S&P 500 companies FY 2023*

Company CEO CEO Pay
Broadcom Inc Hock Tan $161,826,161
Palo Alto Networks Inc Nikesh Arora $151,425,203
Blackstone Inc Stephen Schwarzman $119,784,375
Charter Communications, Inc Christopher Winfrey $89,077,078
Fair Isaac Corp William Lansing $66,349,962
Apple Inc Tim Cook $63,209,845
Prologis, Inc Hamid Moghadam $50,891,597
Netflix Inc Ted Sarandos $49,834,936
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc David Zaslav $49,702,546
Microsoft Corp Satya Nadella $48,512,537

(*Table source: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO)

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