This Indian woman is shattering the glass ceiling for celebrity pay

PV Sindhu gets an endorsement fee of up to 12.5 million rupees (about $192,000) a day, according to her agent— that haul is second only to cricket captain Virat Kohli. Last week, Gatorade named Sindhu its first brand ambassador from India, and on Monday she took the stage at a news event for Panasonic."This Indian woman is shattering the glass ceiling for celebrity pay"India's silver medalist in badminton at the Rio Olympics, 21-year-old PV Sindhu, has become the country's second-highest-paid sports celebrity for endorsements.PV Sindhu gets an endorsement fee of up to 12.5 million rupees (about $192,000) a day, according to her agent— that haul is second only to cricket captain Virat Kohli. Last week, Gatorade named Sindhu its first brand ambassador from India, and on Monday she took the stage at a news event for Panasonic.achievements come in a nation obsessed with just one sport, men's cricket, and it's against the backdrop of consistently lower pay for women in India and globally. (The gender pay gap in India across all sectors is a gaping 25 percent, according to the 2016 Monster Salary Index.)Sindhu went to Rio with no sponsorship deals, but she came back with a medal and a star status that will be difficult to beat.

 Featured in top lifestyle magazines from Elle to Cosmopolitan, Sindhu is one of the most recognizable faces in India today."Before the Olympics when we reached out to sponsors, often we were asked 'Sindhu who?''' said Tuhin Mishra, the group managing director of Baseline Ventures, the company that takes care of Sindhu's commercial interests. "The market dynamics were tough. Everyone only wanted to be associated with cricket."But Mishra and the team who chose to back Sindhu and badminton in a country crazy about cricket and Bollywood are now reaping the benefits of their conviction. The mega star is already the ambassador for more than half a dozen brands, ranging from a bank to a health drink — and there are several more in the pipeline.She commands a premium of easily 50 percent over her female peers. And while Kohli, a veritable demigod in India, is a clear winner, no other current cricketer has the X-factor to compete with Sindhu in star power, industry insiders said.Marketers say Sindhu stands for grit and hard work in their eyes, and her image can be both girl-next-door and glamorous

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