HCL Technologies CEO C Vijayakumar earned ₹33.13 crore in remuneration in 2017-18, which is more than double of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO Rajesh Gopinathan's pay of ₹12 crore during the same period. While this was Vijayakumar's first full-time term as CEO, he was paid ₹7.06 crore in 2016-17. Gopinathan earned ₹6.2 crore in 2016-17.