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11. Rajeev Mehta, Cognizant: $7.1M
Position: President
Stock Award: $6.13M
Salary: $574,000
Bonus: $389,000
Other Compensation: $6,000
Mehta joined Cognizant at the start of 1997, and was promoted to his current role on Sept. 28, 2016. Before that, Mehta spent nearly three years as CEO of Cognizant's IT Services business.
The fiscal year for Cognizant, No. 7 on the CRN SP 500, ended Dec. 31, with sales for the Teaneck, N.J.-based company jumping 8.6 percent to $13.49 billion and net income falling 4.4 percent to $1.55 billion.
Other compensation for Mehta included a matching contribution to his 401(k) savings plan.