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Investors in the electric car maker gathered this Thursday to vote on a massive remuneration plan for CEO Elon Musk valued at around $1 trillion. Should it pass, this package would showcase investor confidence that the entrepreneur can guide the vehicle manufacturer into an period shaped by machine learning and advanced machinery. If denied, Tesla could potentially face the departure of a pioneering CEO who previously established the company name equivalent with zero-emission cars.

Record-Breaking Milestones and Company Valuation

Upon reaching the ambitious targets specified in the compensation plan presented at Tesla's annual meeting, he could emerge as the pioneering person with a trillion-dollar net worth. To accomplish this, he must steer Tesla to a astronomical $8.5 trillion in market capitalization, which is eight times its present worth. Additionally, he will be tasked to deploy countless self-driving cars and advanced androids, while upholding the company's bottom line in the hundreds of billions throughout the coming ten years.

Reward System

The primary objectives of the compensation plan, split into twelve stages, chart a roadmap for Tesla to attain its enormous worth. If successful, Musk would be in a position to realize gains on an extra 12% of the firm's equity. For this to occur, he must stay committed with the company for no less than 7.5 years. Furthermore, he is required to contribute to forming a long-term succession plan for the enterprise he has managed for more than 20 years. The stock options offered by the updated remuneration deal, alongside shares assured in his earlier deal, would leave Musk with 25 percent equity of Tesla's equity. In early November, Tesla stock was trading close to its 52-week high, at around $450 per stock.

Formidable Objectives

Over the course of a ten-year period, Musk will be required to manufacture 20 million EVs to buyers, market 10 million live FSD memberships, create and distribute 1 million humanoid robots, and introduce 1 million robotaxis in commercial service.

Musk will additionally be obligated to bring the company to $400 billion in tangible revenue for a full year. Tesla's tangible revenue for the third quarter of 2025 were $4.2 billion, a 9% decrease from the same period last year.

In November, Musk's net worth was estimated at $460 billion, the highest in the world, as reported by market tracking.

Restoring a Invalidated Deal

Investors are additionally reviewing a arrangement that would reward Musk after his earlier remuneration deal was invalidated by a judicial body in Delaware. The compensation package, worth an estimated $56 billion, was contested by a sole shareholder who succeeded legally. The Delaware court of chancery rejected Musk's compensation plan on multiple instances. If shareholders approve the plan in the shareholder meeting, Musk is set to be awarded the substantial payout irrespective of whether Tesla and Musk win an appeal of the lawsuit.

Following Musk's 2018 pay package was initially invalidated, he transferred Tesla's corporate home to Texas from Delaware. He repeated the action with SpaceX and other business entities. In 2024, per Texas statutes, shareholders once again voted to approve the pay package.

But Delaware's so-called "court of equity" again denied one of the largest CEO compensation packages in recent times. After that unfavorable ruling, Musk took to social media to express dissatisfaction with the state and its "influential presiding justice", perhaps sparking a series of corporate exits that Delaware lawmakers have sought to curb with new laws.

In considering whether Musk had undue influence in being granted that previous compensation plan, a prominent legal scholar observed that the judicial authority recognized that other "celebrity leaders" like Facebook's founder and the e-commerce pioneer were not awarded this type of incentive-based contracts.