Archive · 20 Jul 2025
Marico CEO Saugata Gupta Tops List of Highest-Paid FMCG Executives
In the world of big companies that sell everyday items, the bosses get paid a lot!
The highest-paid boss in the country for these types of companies, like the ones that make Saffola and Parachute, is Saugata Gupta from Marico.
He made almost 40 crore rupees!
The second highest-paid boss works at Godrej Consumer.
The pay for bosses has gone up recently, but the growth for some bosses was weak because the market was slow.
It is interesting to see how much money these leaders make compared to the rest of the employees at their companies.
Mid-level company bosses also received salary raises, with some companies like Colgate-Palmolive giving their leaders double-digit pay raises.
Marico's CEO Saugata Gupta is the highest-paid FMCG CEO in FY25, with a total remuneration of Rs 39.14 crore.
Godrej Consumer's CEO Sudhir Sitapati secured the second spot at Rs 35.12 crore, experiencing a significant growth in compensation.
ITC's Sanjiv Puri, Nestle India's Suresh Narayanan, and Hindustan Unilever's Rohit Jawa are among the top five highest-paid CEOs.
The average CEO remuneration in India saw a 13% year-on-year increase in 2025.
Mid-tier CEOs, like those at Tata Consumer and Colgate-Palmolive, also saw double-digit pay hikes in FY25.
- Who
- Saugata Gupta, Sudhir Sitapati, Sanjiv Puri, Suresh Narayanan, Rohit Jawa, Mohit Malhotra, Sunil D’Souza, and Prabha Narasimhan.
- What
- Saugata Gupta of Marico is the highest-paid FMCG CEO.
- When
- FY25
- Where
- India
- Why
- The compensation of CEOs reflects the challenges the sector was facing on account of an urban slowdown and growing competition.
Experts Say
Company Reports
Compensation Disparity
Experts Say
The compensation of executives was 121 to 377 times more than the median remuneration of employees in these companies.
Company Reports
The average CEO remuneration in India saw a 13% year-on-year increase in 2025, fueled by performance-linked components.
- Saugata Gupta's Remuneration
- Rs 39.14 crore
- Sitapati's Remuneration
- Rs 35.12 crore
- Average CEO pay increase
- 13% YoY in 2025
- Median annual package
- Rs 10 crore
- Suresh Narayanan's FY24 compensation
- Rs 29.40 crore