📰 Gautam Adani salary FY25: Earned ₹10.41 crore, less than the group’s executives!
India’s second richest person Gautam Adani took a salary of ₹10.41 crore in FY25 (financial year ending March 31, 2025). This figure may surprise you, as it is not only less than his own executives, but is also very low in comparison to top promoters in entire corporate India.
💼 Gautam Adani salary: From which companies did he get his salary?
Gautam Adani took his salary from only two listed companies:
- Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL)
- Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)
His total earnings from AEL were ₹2.54 crore — which included ₹2.26 crore salary and ₹28 lakh allowances and perquisites.
He earned ₹7.87 crore from APSEZ – ₹1.8 crore as salary and ₹6.07 crore as commission.
Last year (FY24) he earned a total of ₹9.26 crore, meaning this time his salary has increased by 12%. But still, Gautam Adani salary is considered quite modest.
🔍 Salary comparison: Much lower than the big names of the industry
India’s top business leaders like:
- Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti Airtel): ₹32.27 crore
- Rajiv Bajaj (Bajaj Auto): ₹53.75 crore
- Pawan Munjal (Hero MotoCorp): ₹109 crore
- S N Subrahmanyan (L\&T): ₹76.25 crore
- Salil Parekh (Infosys): ₹80.62 crore
Gautam Adani’s salary** is very less in comparison to all these.
Mukesh Ambani has also refused to take his salary after Covid, but before that his salary was capped at ₹15 crore.
👨💼 Salary of Adani Group executives is more than Gautam Adani
It is also surprising that the salary of many top executives of Adani Group is more than Gautam Adani:
- Vinay Prakash (AEL CEO): ₹69.34 crore
- Vneet S Jaain (AGEL MD): ₹11.23 crore
- Jugeshinder Singh (Group CFO): ₹10.4 crore
- Ashwani Gupta (APSEZ CEO): ₹10.34 crore
- SB Khayalia (Adani Power CEO): ₹9.16 crore
- Suresh Manglani (Adani Total Gas CEO): ₹8.21 crore
Family members also He is not a peeche (sir):
- Karan Adani (son): ₹7.09 crore
- Rajesh Adani (brother): ₹9.87 crore
- Pranav & Sagar Adani (nephews): ₹7.45 crore & ₹7.50 crore respectively
💰 Net Worth vs Salary
Gautam Adani’s net worth till now is \$82.5 billion (Bloomberg Billionaires Index). At one time he had also become the richest person in Asia, but after the Hindenburg Research report there was a huge fall in the shares of the group, which brought down his net worth to \$150 billion.
But in 2024-25, he regained the top spot twice, but again fell behind Mukesh Ambani. Currently, Ambani is the 17th richest in the world and Adani is at number 20.
📌 Conclusion
While Adani Group businesses are continuously growing, Gautam Adani’s salary has remained quite controlled and modest. This step gives his image the tag of a grounded and responsible promoter – but it also shows that his focus is on long-term value creation, not on personal income.