Balu Ganesh Ayyar

Executive Chairman & CEO, MphasiS

Annual Salary: Rs 7.45 crore (Rs 74.5 million)

A businessman with a heart, Ganesh Ayyar joined MphasiS as its CEO in January 2009. Ganesh played a key role in MphasiS achieving its $1 billion revenue in 2010. MphasiS won the Outlook Money award for the Best Value Creator among Large Caps in the year 2010.