New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The year 2025 has seen a good run for the C-suite, who earned way more than an average employee of any given company. CEOs took home an average total of $22.98 million in 2024, as per a report by the Economic Policy Institute in September this year.

Some of the highest-paid CEOs of fiscal 2025 were from the technology sector, according to a report by executive compensation consulting firm Equilar in June.

The highest-paid tech CEO of fiscal 2025 was Satya Nadella, who took home a fat paycheck of $96.5 million.

This was his highest compensation since he became CEO more than a decade ago, with the board citing the company's progress in artificial intelligence.

According to a filing by Microsoft, Satya Nadella's com...