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. How much does Shankh Mitra earn? In his role as CEO of Welltower, Shankh Mitra earned $821 million in 2025.