Indian origin Indra Nooyi, Bhavesh Patel and Satya Nadella made it to the list of 100 highest - paid CEOs in the world compiled by compensation information provider Equilar.
LyondellBasell Industries CEO Patel was placed sixth on the list with a total compensation of $24. 5 million while PepsiCo's India Nooyi was at the eighth position with a pay cheque of $22. 2 million.
Nadella, the Microsoft CEO made the cut at 26th position in the 100 highest - paid CEOs list with a total compensation of $18. 3 million.
Oracle's Mark V. Hurd and Safra A. Catz topped the 100 highest paid global CEOs list with a total compensation of $53. 2 million each.
Robert A. Iger of Walt Disney ($43. 5 million), David M. Cote of Honeywell International ($33. 1 million), General Electric's Jeffrey R. Immelt ($26. 4 million), Randall L. Stephenson of AT&T ($22. 4 million), Rupert Murdoch of Twenty - First Century Fox ($22. 2 million) and James P. Gorman of Morgan Stanley ($22 million) made up the top 10.
According to Equilar, the median pay was $14. 5 million in fiscal 2015 which grew by three percent from the previous year.
As many eight women CEOs made it to the list.
"Median compensation for these eight women was $20 million in 2015, while average pay was $22. 7 million, " said Equilar.
California - based privately held Equilar generates information on executive compensation packages.
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