India, March 2 -- A top executive at one of the USA's largest companies earns upwards of Rs.8 crore in India, still drives a 12-year-old car and owns no designer brands - preferring to spend his money on comfort rather than flashy labels. The executive's simple lifestyle was revealed by his friend in an X post.

Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Abhinav Khare said that his friend works as the Chief Technology Officer of a Fortune 500 firm. Based in India, he looks after the company's Global Capability Center or GCC.

Khare said that his friend has a fixed salary of Rs.3 crore a year, along with stock options. Overall, he earns between Rs.8 to 9 crore every year. "My friend is a CTO with a Fortune 500. He runs their GCC in India. 3 crs fixed pl...