Brazilian veteran Kaka is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer, with a 2016 guaranteed salary of $7.167 million, according to figures released by the Players' Union on Thursday.
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of investment company Blackstone Group, got a total of $702.4 million: of this $699.7 million was received in shares vested after the company's public offering.
When Iyer managed just 9 runs across his first two games in IPL 2025-and didn't even get to bat in the second-questions began to surface. Was he worth the money?
These ladies are laughing all the way to the bank!
There's a churn in Infosys' highest paid senior executives' list for financial year 2007-08, with Nandan Nilekani, S Gopalakrishnan and S D Shibulal conspicuously missing from the top five.According to a filing by IT bellwether to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, B G Srinivas, Ashok Vemuri and T V Mohandas Pai were the highest paid executives in FY08.
Vaidyanathan, former managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, as a sign-on bonus got 20 lakh (2 million) warrants worth Rs 47.40 crore (Rs 474 million), DNA said.
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Japan's Naomi Osaka ($37.4 million), who was ranked 29th on the list, surpassed fellow tennis player Serena Williams ($36 million) as the world's highest-earning female athlete.
Of the top 15 on Forbes' list of best-paid female athletes, 12 were tennis players. Indian badminton player PV Sindhu came in tied for 13th ($5.5 million), with Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn ($5.3 million) rounding out the top 15.
Here's a look at the biggest disappointments of IPL 2025 -- the players who've cost crores but delivered crumbs.
With earnings of $ 25 million, Virat Kohli was ranked 100th in 2019 and 83rd in 2018 with $ 24 million.
8 CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole
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Priyanka is the eight highest paid TV actress in the world with earnings of $11 million.
Kavery Kalanithi of Sun TV Group has retained her position as country's top paid business woman although her pay package declined to Rs 57 crore in 2012, according to Fortune magazine.
Tennis Grand Slam champions Serena, Osaka and Kerber are top 3 in the famed list
Barcelona and Argentine forward Lionel Messi is the highest-paid football player in the world, ahead of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to France Football magazine.
Punjab Kings maintained their momentum and added another victory to their kitty in IPL 2025 by drubbing Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
They're giving their big screen counterparts a run for their money!
Tennis sensation Maria Sharapova rules the Forbes' list of highest-paid female athletes. Take a look at top 10.
Julia Roberts makes it to the top number ten spot. Find out who takes top spot.
Kendall Jenner made an incredible $22 million this year!
Infosys Ltd will pay its new chief executive officer Vishal Sikka up to $5.08 million in annual salary besides a stock option of $2 million, a package considered lower than global peers.
India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world's highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes' compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather.
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Some banks continue to pay exorbitant salaries to their chief executives.
With a pay packet of $84.5 million, software major Oracle's Larry Ellison has emerged as the highest paid CEO in the US last year
American Idol creator Simon Cowell sits at number 10. Find out who makes it to top spot!
The FIFA World Player of the Year took over from England and Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham, who topped the list for the last three years.
Deepika Padukone makes it to the list for the very first time!
With a total compensation of Rs 1,500 million, C P Gurnani of Tech Mahindra is the highest paid CEO of a tech firm.
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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from the country to feature among the world's 100 highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kohli is last on the list of top-100 athletes, headed by Barcelona and Argentina football superstar Lionel Messi
Pop star Lady Gaga rounds off the top ten.
All eyes were on Pat Cummins, this edition's highest paid overseas recruit
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