Indian-origin veteran tech CEO discussed as second highest paid globally

Nikesh Arora: Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora is ranked second in the list of highest paid CEOs in the world.

Nikesh Arora included in Wall Street Journal 2023 list

Indian-origin Nikesh has made a special place in the Wall Street Journal 2023 list of highest paid CEOs in America in 2023. Nikesh's total salary reached 151.43 million dollars. This was especially the case with stock options.

Shantanu Narayan has also made his place in this list.

Indian origin CEOs have got a special place in this report. People of Indian origin got 17 positions out of the top 500. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan has been placed at 11th position in this list. India-born Shantanu remains at this position with $44.93 million.

How are Musk and Pichai?

Interestingly, tech giants like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai have announced non-traditional compensation structures in 2023. Musk received no compensation while Pichai earned $8.80 million. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished somewhere in the middle of the list with $24.40 million.

Nikesh Arora has also worked in Google

Nikesh Arora has been a student of Air Force Public School, Delhi. He rose to prominence during his tenure as Chief Business Officer at Google. After leaving Google in 2014, he gained attention by leading SoftBank in Japan with a record-breaking compensation package. As of 2018, he runs Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm.