4. Kumar Mangalam Birla: Kumar Mangalam Birla is the most successful businessman in India. Birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which is one of the largest conglomerate corporations in India. Kumar Mangalam Birla is also the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Chartered Acoountant by profession and he pursued a commerce degree from HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He holds an MBA degree from the London Business School, where he was an Honorary Fellow. He also holds many honorary doctorate degrees.

His salary for the year 2010 was 28.467 crore which made him the 10^th most highly paid CEO. In 2011, he became the fourth ranker in this income list with a remuneration of 38.11 crore. In 2010, he was also ranked as the 10^th richest man in India.