The total earnings from AEL at Rs 2.54 crore was higher than Rs 2.46 crore in the previous fiscal.
Besides, he drew Rs 7.87 crore from Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) – – Rs 1.8 crore salary and Rs 6.07 crore commission. This compared with Rs 6.8 crore he received from APSEZ in 2023-24.
Adani’s salary is lower than the heads of almost all large family-owned conglomerates in India.
While the richest Indian, Mukesh Ambani, has been foregoing his entire salary since Covid-19 broke out, prior to which he had capped his remuneration at Rs 15 crore, Adani’s remuneration is much lower than telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal (Rs 32.27 crore in 2023-24), Rajiv Bajaj (Rs 53.75 crore in FY24), Pawan Munjal (Rs 109 crore in FY24), L&T Chairman S N Subrahmanyan (Rs 76.25 crore in FY25) and Infosys CEO Salil S Parekh (Rs 80.62 crore in FY25).