India, June 26 -- Shankh Mitra, the Indian-origin CEO of Welltower, has been named the world's second-highest paid chief executive. Mitra is behind only Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO with a staggering $158 billion pay package.

Mitra's compensation package from Welltower, a real estate investment trust specialising in senior housing and healthcare, places him among the highest-paid public company CEOs of the past decade, according to data from MyLogIQ quoted by The Wall Street Journal.

In his role as CEO of Welltower, Shankh Mitra earned $821 million in 2025.

At Welltower, nearly all of Mitra's compensation - 99% of the total package - came in the form of stock awards. This included a $789 million grant made in October, with the shares tied ...