HCL Tech’s C Vijayakumar is the highest-paid IT CEO among Indian IT firms

HCL Technologies NSE -1.55 % chief executive officer (CEO) C Vijayakumar is the highest-paid executive among peers. His compensation reached $16.52 million or about Rs 130 crore after getting a two-year long-term incentive (LTI) worth $12.5 million, according to the company’s annual report.

Though Vijayakumar did not get a hike in his salary for FY22, the LTI propelled him ahead of Wipro’s CEO Thierry Delaporte, whose annual package was Rs 79.8 crore ($10.51 million) for the same duration and was up 20% over the previous year.