Salil Parekh, Infosys’ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), saw his annual pay rise by 21.6% to ₹80.62 crore in the financial year 2025. As per Infosys’ annual report, Parekh drew an annual salary of ₹66.25 last year.
In the Infosys FY25 Annual Report, the company broke down its CEO’s earnings for the year. Parekh received a fixed base salary of ₹7.45 crore along with ₹0.49 crore as retiral benefits. He also received ₹23.18 crore as performance-linked bonus or variable pay. The biggest portion of his earnings for the year, though, can be attributed to the perquisite value of stock options exercised during the year, which amounted to an impressive total of ₹49.5 crore.
The ₹49.5 crore earned by exercising 3,06,276 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) highlights the advantages provided by Infosys’ stock incentive programme. The company uses this program to reward its top executives proportionally to their time at Infosys.
With his latest remuneration, Parekh has become the highest-earning IT CEO in India. For FY25, Wipro CEO Srinivas Pallia reportedly earned around ₹53.64 crore, while Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO K Krithivasan made ₹26.52 crore. At ₹80.62 crore, Parekh’s salary for FY 25 was 752 times more than that of an average Infosys employee at ₹10.72 lakh.
For FY25, Infosys reported an increase of 1.8% in its net profit, which was calculated at ₹26,713 crore. The company’s annual revenue increased by 6.06% to ₹1,62,990 crore. Parekh assured shareholders that Infosys remains a leader in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, data, and digital services. He added that the company had hired 15,000 college graduates and ended FY25 with over 3.2 lakh employees.
While the numbers show some resilience, Infosys, like many of its peers, continues to navigate global macroeconomic challenges, a cautious client spending environment, and the accelerating shift towards digital and AI-led transformation.
With the recent global macroeconomic challenges combined with the company’s variable pay cuts and trainee layoffs, Parekh’s leadership has led the company through some highly turbulent times. Infosys has openly committed to corporate governance and transparency, while stating that its performance-linked rewards are decided by revenue growth, margin expansion, and client satisfaction. The company has also launched various ESG and DEI goals, and executive pay is increasingly being linked to such long-term sustainability and inclusivity indicators.