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lostincalifornia

(4,342 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:18 PM Friday

Tesla Offers Elon Musk an Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package

"Tesla Inc. proposed a new compensation agreement for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk potentially worth around $1 trillion, a massive package without precedent in corporate America.

The long-awaited proposal, designed to incentivize Musk to lead Tesla for years to come, sets a series of ambitious benchmarks he must meet to earn the full payout, including expanding Tesla’s nascent robotaxi business and growing the company’s market value to at least $8.5 trillion from about $1.1 trillion today. The plan spans 10 years.

The additional shares Musk could receive would push his holdings in the electric-vehicle maker to at least 25%, according to the terms detailed in Tesla’s proxy filing Friday. Musk has publicly stated he wants a stake of that size.

The plan dangles a financial windfall and expanded control of the company to Musk, already the world’s richest person, after his 2018 package valued in excess of $50 billion was struck down by a Delaware court. While Tesla appeals that decision, the board is seeking other ways to compensate its CEO, including with an interim stock award in early August valued at about $30 billion.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/tsla-tesla-offers-unprecedented-1-trillion-pay-package-to-elon-musk?srnd=homepage-americas

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Walleye

(42,244 posts)
1. Think how many homeless people he could help with that money instead of just using it to
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:24 PM
Friday

stroke his ego. He’s really a worthless person. Why he’s here is because he can make big money without paying taxes.

maxrandb

(16,789 posts)
4. Hell! Call me! I'll gladly destroy Tesla and shame Tesla drivers with my actions for only half-a-trillion
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:30 PM
Friday

Just think of the money and embarrassment I could save Tesla's shareholders.

Hey Tesla! PM me!

flvegan

(65,241 posts)
7. Tesla is little more than a running joke now.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:48 PM
Friday

They owe that to their nazi saluting idiot leader, Musk.

ProfessorGAC

(74,263 posts)
9. While Shareholders May Block This...
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:51 PM
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...it won't happen anyway.
800% growth in 10 years? 23.1% per year from a mature company?
I don't see it.

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,246 posts)
10. This is after Musk destroyed TSLA's sales and growth potential
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:02 PM
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Why would any sane person buy a TESLA? I doubt that there are enough MAGA idiots to make these goals

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