5. Sunil Bharti Mittal: Born on 23^rd October 1957, Sunil Bharati Mittal, the son of Sat Paul (former MP), is an Indian Telecom Tycoon who is the Chairman, MD and the Group CEO of Bharati Enterprises. He started his first business in 1976 with a capital income of 20,000. His first business was to make crankshafts for local bicycle manufacturers.  Now he runs the largest GSM-based mobile phone service in India along with financial services, retail, manufacturing, and agri business.

The annual remuneration for Sunil Mittal is not provided by Business Standard. Last year, he held the 12^th position in this list with an income of 23.488 crore. Within one year he made himself as the 5^th most paid executive of India Inc.

He has received Padma Bhushan, which is one of the India’s highest civilian awards. He has also received Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award in 2009. In the same year he was awarded the Global Economy Prize by The Keil Institute, Germany. In 2008, he was honored with U.S.-Indian Business Council’s Global Vision Award.