66% raise for Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, 52, saw his total compensation in the 2018-19 fiscal increase 66 per cent to $42.9 million as the tech giant’s stock soared and cloud-related revenue boomed

In the 2017-18 fiscal, the Hyderabad-born business executive had got a pay of $25.8 million. Nadella became the CEO of Microsoft in 2014. Under his leadership, the company has become a major force in cloud computing

Tech giant’s progress

$1.07 trillion market value, the highest of any public company

$125.8 billion revenue Microsoft reported for the fiscal year 2019

$39.2 billion net income, a new record fiscal year for the company

Microsoft’s FY runs from July 1 to June 30

Earning $42.9m

Salary  $2.3m

Stock award $29.6m

Non-equity payout $10.7m

Other rewards $111,363 

Fat-Cat 

$15.7 million Apple CEO Tim Cook’s pay 

1.9 million Google’s Sundar Pichai earns (He ‘turns down’ a stock award)