The explosive demand for the right talent to manage a multi-million dollar organisation always gets any hiring team on its toes. After all, that person will become the face of the organisation, come with the right set of talent, and will lead the whole organisation from the front.

As difficult as it is to find the right candidate for a top-notch job, it is equally challenging to make them an offer that they can’t refuse. Fortunately, most of the people who are currently sitting at the top of their respective fields aren’t there for the money. From where we see, they’re driven by passion and perseverance.

And they are paid handsomely for their efforts. Here are 9 CEOs whose salaries will leave you reeling.

1 Sundar Pichai

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Pichai is the highest paid CEO in the United States. As of now, Google is paying him $199 million, annually. Pichai, just like his counterparts, is given a lot of stock options and most of his income comes from there. During his tenure with Google, two major product launches happened that resulted in such earnings.

2 Indra Nooyi

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The Chairperson and CEO of Pepsico, the second-largest food and beverage company make $29.8 million (as of 2016). In the year 2014, her net worth was recorded at $144 million. She’s also been listed among the 200 highest-paid CEOs of public companies with annual revenue of at least $1 billion.

3 Ajaypal Singh Banga

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The current president and chief executive officer of MasterCard make a whopping $16.9 million a year. A website quoted that Banga’s salary included $1 million in salary, $4.3 million in stock awards, $4.2 million in options and $2.5 million in a non-equity incentive plan compensation along with other elements.

4 Satya Nadella

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As the CEO and director of Microsoft, Nadella makes nearly $18 million in his total compensation. Of this earning, $1,200,000 was received as a salary, $4,464,000 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $12,013,927 was awarded as stock and $14,104 came from other types of compensation.

5 Shantanu Narayen

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As the CEO of Adobe Systems, Shantanu gets paid an annual salary of $875,000 (not including stock options, shares and bonus payments). (Data from Wikipedia, as of 2014). In fact, he took home a total compensation of $15.7 million in 2013. He is considered one of "The TopGun CEOs" by Brendan Wood International,

6. Dinesh C. Paliwal

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The CEO of Harman International Industries, Dinesh takes home $13,123,635 annually, a salary that’s basis several components. His base pay is $1,258,94 along with bonus and added incentives of $1,443,240. He is also awarded multiple stock options and compensation over and above this.

7. Surya N. Mohapatra

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As the CEO of Cognizant Tech Solutions, Surya makes close to $8,256,640 in total compensation. A major chunk of this earning was received as the bonus, stock options, and other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2016 fiscal year.

8. Sanjay Mehrotra

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Another tech geek from the valley of innovation, Sanjay is the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of SanDisk Corp. and makes upwards of $10.63 million. Of this total $1,080,769 was received as a salary, $472,500 was received as a bonus, $3,836,044 was received in stock options, $5,164,375 was awarded as stock and $172,493 came from other types of compensation.

9 Sanjay Jha

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The former CEO of Motorola, Jha is currently heading GlobalFoundries and makes over $8,462,544 a year. Jha disclosed this salary seven years ago, and one can only assume it’s grown a fair bit since then.

The salary of a CEO of a global company is difficult to compare as it varies year to year and from company to company. These organizations award their CEOs in multiple ways and their compensations plan can involve stocks worth millions.

Anyhow, these CEOs are setting some benchmarks for leaders across the world.

*All the data has been obtained from the internet and the figures may vary, slightly.