Elon Musk’s Tesla compensation exceeded $158 billion last year & more related News Here

The world’s richest man just got a little richer. The first tranche of Elon Musk’s moonshot compensation package at Tesla was worth $158.4 billion for 2025, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. The pay package was part of a stratospheric new compensation plan approved by shareholders last year as a way to motivate Tesla’s chief executive to spend time at the electric-vehicle maker.

However, Musk cannot report the full amount, as his compensation is tied to meeting company performance goals.

Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX and XAI, threatened on social media that he would leave Tesla if the measure was rejected. He is also Tesla’s largest shareholder, and someone whose leadership is widely seen as key to the company’s skyrocketing valuation.

Tesla is currently valued more highly than about a dozen other carmakers on the grounds that it could deliver a future that includes driverless taxis, humanoid robots and unprecedented advances in artificial intelligence.

Musk’s total compensation last year included $132 billion as the maximum grant date fair value for his 2025 CEO performance award. His package also included an interim award of $26 billion, but the filing said Musk forfeited the award.

In November, Tesla shareholders approved a historic compensation package for Musk that could pay him up to $1 trillion in stock if he meets certain goals over the next 10 years.

The goals include Tesla reaching $2 trillion in market capitalization – it is currently valued at $1.2 trillion – delivering 20 million cars, putting 1 million robotaxis into service and selling 1 million humanoid robots.

The filing that Tesla made with the Securities and Exchange Commission also said that Musk has 207.5 million Tesla shares that he can use as collateral.

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