Meet world’s highest paid CEOs, wealthier than Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani; richest earns a salary of Rs…

From SpaceX founder Elon Musk to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, here are the the 10 richest CEOs in the world, some of whom are wealthier than Indian business tycoons like Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Adani Group owner Gautam Adani, are two of the richest men in India as well as across the globe. But did you know that the CEOs of some of the world’s most valued companies are wealthier than these two Indian business tycoons? Scroll down to read about the 10 richest CEOs in the world who earn millions of dollars in annual salaries.

10 richest CEOs in the world;

Elon Musk

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is unsurprisingly the world’s richest CEO, taking home an annual salary of  $23.5 billion (Rs 2029930679150). Musk is also the richest person in the world, boasting a net worth of $428.9 billion, according to Forbes.

Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook is the world’s second richest CEO, with a annual salary of $770 million 770 million (Rs 66558178550), according to reports. Cook has a net worth of $2.3 billion, as per Forbes.

Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, the CEO and co-founder of Nvidia, is one of the richest individuals in the world, boasting a net worth of $117.2 billion. Huang, who was wealthier than Elon Musk at one point, takes home an annual salary of $561 million, as of January 2025.

Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai, the Indian-origin CEO of global tech giant Google, is one of the richest executives in the world, with an annual salary of approximately $280 million.

Satya Nadella

Another Indian-origin executive who has made it big in the American corporate world, Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, boasts an annual salary of $309.4 million.

Satya Nadella is of Indian origin and is the CEO of Microsoft. Satya Nadella’s annual salary is $309.4 million

Marc Benioff

The CEO and co-founder of software firm, Salesforce, Marc Benioff, is one of the wealthiest CEO’s in the world, with annual salary of $39 million, however, he boasts a net worth of around $10.8 billion, with a major of his wealth coming from his stock options in the company.

Robert A Kotick

Robert A. Kotick aka Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard, and rakes in an annual salary of $296.7 million.

The CEO and co-founder of biotech firm, Regeneron, Leonard Schleifer earn and annual salary of $452 million, as per reports.

Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings, the co-founder and executive chairman of streaming giant Netflix, is one of the wealthiest CEO’s on the planet, with an annual salary of $453.5 million.