The co-founders, journalist Radhika Roy and economist Prannoy Roy, have a controlling stake in the company, individually holding 16.32% and 15.95% of the shares respectively, and jointly holding an additional 29.18%. The company is noted for its stock options available to its employees and the consequent high distribution of wealth, with around 24.4% of the shares owned by individual shareholdings of 1% or less. The two founders are designated as the executive co-chairpersons of the company, and a number of vice co-chairpersons have been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) from time to time. K. V. L. Narayan Rao was the CEO of the company between 2007 and 2013, followed by Vikram Chandra whose tenure ended in 2016 and Rao was re-appointed until his death in 2017. Suparna Singh was appointed as an interim CEO and resigned in 2019.