India has become the starting ground for many billion dollar startups. We have grown in the startup ecosystem at such rapid rates that India is now the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. The founders of these startups have been able to draw some enviable salaries. We’ve made a list of the highest paid CEO’s of India.
1. Sachin Bansal
The former CEO of the e commerce giant Flipkart is worth Rs. 8,300 crores. The co founder of India’s leading online retail store was named as the 83rd richest person in India in 2015.
2. Vijay Sekhar Sharma
The founder of One97 Communications and mobile payments platform Paytm, is the very essence of an entrepreneur. His net worth is a whopping Rs. 6,500 crores. Recently he bought a 6000 square feet house in Delhi’s Golf Links for Rs. 82 crores.
3. Binny Bansal
The other co founder of Flipkart is not far behind with an estimated net worth of Rs. 4500 crores. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Flipkart until January 2017 and as of April 2017, Flipkart is valued at $11.6 billion.
4. Pranay Chulet
The Quikr founder and CEO Pranay Chulet brings in a salary of Rs. 2.28 crores. In an effort to grow in the market spaced, Quikr has recently bought blue collar jobs startup Babajobs in its 11th acquisition.
5. Dhiraj Rajaram
Indian multinational data analytics Mu Sigma’s founder and chairman Dhiraj Rajaram’s income is Rs. 1.9 crores. He started this company in 2004 after quitting his job from Booz Allen Hamilton India.
6. Kavin Bharti Mittal
Software engineer Kavin Mittal is the founder of the messaging software Hike Messenger, which is the world’s sixth largest mobile messaging application. He is the son of the founder and chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal and earns Rs. 1.46 crores.
7. Deepinder Goyal
Deepinder Goyal is the man responsible for making the lives of all the foodies in India very easy. The co founder and CEO of the restaurant search and discovery service Zomato started his entrepreneurial journey in 2008. Today he earns around Rs. 48 Lakhs per anum.
8. Bhavish Aggarwal
India can proudly announce that it has its own homegrown startup that is giving worldwide taxi hailing company Uber a tough competition. Bhavish Aggarwal is the co founder of the taxi aggregator Ola based in Mumbai. Now this 31 years old earns up to Rs. 40 Lakhs per anum.
If these young and inspiring entrepreneurs don’t motivate you to become the next big startup of India, their amazing salaries will definitely do the job. If you think we’ve missed someone out of the list let us know in the comments below. If you are an up and coming startup founder you can write to us at [email protected]