Google’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Apple’s Tim Cook earns more salary than Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani because…

While Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are wealthiest individuals in the world, their salaries are less than many CEOs in the world.

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, and Gautam Adani, owner of the Adani Group, are among the richest persons in India. However, some CEOs of the world’s top companies earn more salaries than these wealthiest Indians. Know top 10 richest CEOs whose salaries are more than many richest person’s salaries in the world.

The 10 Richest CEOs In World

1. Elon Musk

Founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk is the richest CEO in the world, who earns $23.5 billion (Rs 2,02,993 crore) annually. Musk is also the world’s richest person, with a net worth of $347 billion, according to Forbes.

2. Tim Cook

Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, is the second richest CEO in the world, as he withdrws an annual salary of $770 million (Rs 6,655 crore). Cook’s net worth is $2.3 billion, according to Forbes.

3. Jensen Huang

Nvidia’s CEO and co-founder, Jensen Huang, is one of the richest person globally, with a net worth of $117.2 billion. His annual salary is $561 million (Rs 4,853 crore) as of January 2025. 

4. Sundar Pichai

Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, earns $280 million (Rs 2,422 crore) annually , making him one of the richest tech executives in the world.

5. Satya Nadella

The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, earns annual salary of $309.4 million (Rs 2,678 crore). 

6. Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff, CEO and co-founder of Salesforce, earns $39 million (Rs 338 crore) annually. His net worth is $10.8 billion, comes from his company’s stock options.

7. Robert A. Kotick

Known as Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, Kotick earns $296.7 million (Rs 2,567 crore) annually.

8. Hock E. Tan

Broadcom’s CEO, Hock E. Tan is another top-paid executive, with an annual salary of $288 million (Rs 2,492 crore).

9. Leonard Schleifer

Leonard Schleifer, CEO and co-founder of biotech company Regeneron, earns an annual salary of $452 million (Rs 3,920 crore).

10. Reed Hastings

Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Netflix, Reed Hastings, gets a salary of $453.5 million (Rs 3,931 crore) annually.

Mukesh Ambani has not taken a salary for the last 4 years since 2021, whereas Gautam Adani had withdrawn a salary of Rs 9 crore in 2024 according to media reports. Still they still earn income through dividends of their stocks in the company and also from other investments and assets.