In FY26, HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar emerged as one of the top earners with a salary of ₹176 crore. He was followed by Tata Sons chairperson N Chandrasekaran, who received ₹158.66 crore. Other high-earning leaders included Persistent Systems CEO Sandeep Kalra at ₹148 crore, Hero MotoCorp CEO Pawan Munjal at ₹122 crore, and Bajaj Finance Vice Chairman Rajeev Jain, who brought home ₹102.1 crore.