Liputan6.com, Jakarta Tesla shareholders officially approved a staggering $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk at its annual meeting in Austin, Texas.
The decision, made on Thursday, November 6, 2025, marks the largest pay package in corporate history, potentially tying Musk to the company for the next decade.
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More than 75% of shareholders voted in favor of this ambitious plan.
This approval is not just a figure; it is a strategy to maintain Elon Musk's vision at the helm of Tesla, particularly as the company enters a new era focused on artificial intelligence and robotics.
The package is designed to motivate Musk to achieve highly ambitious operational and financial targets, which, if met, would transform the technology and automotive industries.
This compensation package does not include a base salary but rather a stock grant that could grant Elon Musk up to 423.7 million additional Tesla shares.
Elon Musk's Compensation Package Details
The compensation package approved for Elon Musk is structured uniquely and ambitiously.
Instead of a base salary, the payment consists entirely of stock grants that could potentially grant Musk an additional 423.7 million Tesla shares over the next decade.
Tesla must reach a market capitalization of $8.5 trillion, eight times its current value.
Furthermore, Elon Musk is also required to achieve operational targets such as the delivery of 20 million electric vehicles and the sale of 10 million active full self-driving (FSD) subscriptions.
Other ambitious targets include the development and sale of 1 million Optimus humanoid robots and the deployment of 1 million robotaxis in commercial service.
Musk must also ensure Tesla achieves core revenue of $400 billion for four consecutive quarters.
The package is divided into 12 tranches, with each tranche disbursed after meeting a pair of market and operational milestones.
If all these targets are achieved, this payout would be the largest in global corporate history. It could potentially reach approximately $275 million per day if fully disbursed over a decade.
Controversy Over Elon Musk's Salary Package
The approval of this salary package is not without its controversial history.
Elon Musk's previous compensation package, approved in 2018 for approximately $56 billion, was invalidated by a Delaware court in January 2024.
The judge called the package "unimaginable" and questioned the fairness of the payment.
In response, Elon Musk took the drastic step of pushing Tesla to relocate its corporate domicile from Delaware to Texas.
Tesla's board of directors argued that this new package was crucial to retaining Musk.
Supporters argue that this package is crucial to motivating Elon Musk to remain focused on Tesla, especially as the company shifts its focus to artificial intelligence and robotics.
Musk himself has stated that his primary goal is not personal wealth, but rather maintaining strong influence over Tesla's future, particularly regarding the company's "robot army."
However, this approval has not been without criticism and opposition.
Several prominent investors, including Norway's sovereign wealth fund, have opposed the package, deeming it excessive or unreasonable.
The Future of Tesla Under Elon Musk
The approval of Elon Musk's compensation package has significant implications for Tesla's ownership and strategic direction.
If all targets are met and the package is fully disbursed, Musk's ownership stake in Tesla is expected to increase to approximately 25%.
Furthermore, Elon Musk, currently the world's richest person with an estimated net worth of around $473 billion (as of November 2025), has the potential to become the world's first trillionaire.
This package is designed to bind Elon Musk to Tesla for the next decade and affect the development of autonomous vehicles, the deployment of robotaxi companies, and the mass production of humanoid robots.
Musk said the robots will be bigger than the company’s car business - or any other business, even.
“I think it’s going to be the biggest product of all time by far,” he said.
“So like bigger than cell phones, bigger than anything. I guess a way to think about it is that every human on Earth is going to want to have their own personal R2D2 or C3PO.”