Highest Paid CEOs News: If you ask for the name of the highest paid CEO of Indian origin in America and you say Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella, then you will be wrong.
Because, CEO of Palo Alto Networks Nikesh Arora is in the list of highest earning CEOs in America. Surprisingly, only one CEO of Indian origin has made it to the list of top-10 highest paid CEOs of America.
Nikesh Arora, CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks, is ranked 10th in the list of highest-paid CEOs in the USA, according to a report by C-Suite Comp. Data analytics firm C-Suite Comp has released its latest list of highest-paid CEOs in the US.
Two lists based on two criteria
Two lists of the highest paid CEOs were released based on two criteria. Such as total compensation granted in 2023 and compensation actually paid.
Google’s Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai could not make it to any list, nor did Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. On the other hand, 56-year-old Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto Networks managed to make it to both the lists.
Nikesh Arora ranked fourth on the list of highest-paid CEOs in the US by total compensation paid in 2023 with earnings of $151.4 million. Arora also made it to the list of highest-paid CEOs in the US by actual package paid in 2023 with an annual package of $266.4 million.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tops the list, set to earn a staggering $1.4 billion in 2023. The other CEO to cross the $1 billion mark is Alexander Karp of Palantir Technologies.
Who is Nikesh Arora?
Nikesh Arora had worked at Google and SoftBank Group before taking over as CEO of Palo Alto Networks in 2018. Arora was born to an Indian Air Force officer and completed his schooling from Air Force Public School, Delhi.
did engineering from BHU
Arora received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now IIT-BHU). He also holds an MBA from Northeastern University and an MSc from Boston College.
Arora spent 10 years in top-level roles at Google. In 2014, he resigned to join SoftBank Group as chairman and COO. He has also worked at T-Mobile and Bharti Airtel, Europe.
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