India's 2nd richest idiosyncratic Gautam Adani received a full remuneration of Rs 10.41 crore successful the fiscal twelvemonth ended March 31, 2025, little than astir manufacture peers and his ain cardinal executives.
Adani, 62, drew salaries from 2 retired of the 9 listed companies successful his ports-to-energy conglomerate, the latest yearly reports of the listed entities of the radical showed. His full remuneration was 12 per cent much than the Rs 9.26 crore helium had earned successful the erstwhile 2023-24 fiscal year.
His remuneration for 2024-25 from the group's flagship steadfast Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) included Rs 2.26 crore wage and different Rs 28 lakh successful perquisites, allowances and different benefits. The full net from AEL astatine Rs 2.54 crore was higher than Rs 2.46 crore successful the erstwhile fiscal.
Besides, helium drew Rs 7.87 crore from Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) -- Rs 1.8 crore wage and Rs 6.07 crore commission.
This compared with Rs 6.8 crore helium received from APSEZ successful 2023-24.
Adani's wage is little than the heads of astir each ample family-owned conglomerates successful India.
While the richest Indian, Mukesh Ambani, has been foregoing his full wage since Covid-19 broke out, anterior to which helium had capped his remuneration astatine Rs 15 crore, Adani's remuneration is overmuch little than telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal (Rs 32.27 crore successful 2023-24), Rajiv Bajaj (Rs 53.75 crore successful FY24), Pawan Munjal (Rs 109 crore successful FY24), L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan (Rs 76.25 crore successful FY25) and Infosys CEO Salil S Parekh (Rs 80.62 crore successful FY25).
The latest yearly reports of Mittal's Bharti Airtel, Munjal's Hero Motocorp and Bajaj Auto are yet to beryllium released.
Just similar different promoters, Adani besides earns from dividends that the radical companies whitethorn wage connected net each year.
Salary earned by Adani is little than astatine slightest a mates of main executives of his radical companies. AEL CEO Vinay Prakash got Rs 69.34 crore. Prakash's remuneration included Rs 4 crore wage and Rs 65.34 crore successful perquisites, allowances and adaptable incentives "for exceptional operational and fiscal show successful the mining services and integrated resources absorption concern of the company".
Renewable vigor steadfast Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) Managing Director Vneet S Jaain got Rs 11.23 crore, portion Group CFO Jugeshinder Singh earned Rs 10.4 crore successful FY25.
Adani's lad Karan received Rs 7.09 crore from APSEZ, portion the institution CEO Ashwani Gupta earned Rs 10.34 crore. Variable wage for FY25 successful some Karan and Gupta's lawsuit volition beryllium disbursed successful FY26, the yearly study said.
Gautam Adani's younger brother, Rajesh, earned Rs 9.87 crore from AEL portion his nephew Pranav got Rs 7.45 crore. His different nephew Sagar took location Rs 7.5 crore from AGEL.
City state limb Adani Total Gas CEO Suresh P Manglani was paid Rs 8.21 crore successful remuneration for 2024-25 and Adani Energy Solutions CEO drew Rs 14 crore salary.
Adani Power CEO SB Khayalia drew Rs 9.16 crore wage successful FY25.
Gautam Adani, who is worthy USD 82.5 cardinal according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, has been jostling with Ambani for the spot of the richest idiosyncratic successful Asia. He became the richest Asian successful 2022 but mislaid that presumption aft a damning study by US short-seller Hindenburg Research wiped retired astir USD 150 cardinal of the marketplace worth of his radical banal astatine its lowest constituent successful 2023.
He regained the apical spot connected 2 occasions past twelvemonth but again ceded the presumption to Ambani.
Ambani is ranked 17th connected the world's richest database with a nett worthy of USD 104 billion. Adani is ranked 20th.