Elon Musk might not need to colonise Mars or build a world of robotaxis to cash in big at Tesla. A new Reuters analysis suggests the billionaire could walk away with over $50 billion from his record-setting pay package, even if he misses most of the company’s most audacious targets.
Approved in September, Tesla’s ten-year compensation plan could, in theory, hand Musk stock worth up to $878 billion if he achieves what the board described as “transformational” goals, reshaping Tesla, and even society itself, through breakthroughs in robotics, AI, autonomous driving, and financial performance. The board insisted Musk would get “zero” if he failed to deliver on these goals.
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But in practice, Reuters found, the payout structure might not be quite so heroic.
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